- Fresh apples float because they contain 25% air.
- The statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide.
- The sun is actually white, but the earth's atmosphere makes it appear yellow.
- That in the 17th century the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places (today to 1.2411 trillion).
- The first sailing boats were built in Egypt.
- The first hot air balloon passengers were a sheep, duck, and rooster.
- You have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more calories than an apple).
- There is a museum of strawberries in Belgium.
- A woodpecker can peck 20 times a second.
- Arachibutyrophobia is fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
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