- Ostriches have a 14 meter (46 foot) long small intestine.
- In 1642 French mathematician Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical calculator.
- The word 'lethologica' describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
- The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons.
- Yawns are contagious to dogs as well as humans.
- Bananas grow pointing upwards.
- Japan is the largest exporter of frog legs.
- The croissant was invented in Austria.
- In zero gravity, a candle's flame may appear circular and blue.
- Mercury and Venus are the only planets in our solar system with no moon.
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