- The moon is 27% the size of the Earth.
- Applesauce was the first food eaten in space by astronauts.
- Ants can lift 50 times their own weight.
- The Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service.
- The word 'geometry' comes from the Greek words 'geo', meaning earth, and 'metria', meaning measure.
- Nintendo first produced playing cards.
- The world's first paved streets were laid in Rome in 170 B.C.
- It takes a plastic container over 50,000 years to start decomposing.
- Every day 7% of the US eats at McDonalds.
- The fingerprints of koala bear are indistinguishable to that of a human.
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