- Useful life of a modern toilet is 50 years.
- More people are killed by hippopotamuses then by lions, elephants and water buffalos combined.
- Whales have the slowest metabolism of all animals.
- The Super Soaker was designed and invented by a NASA engineer.
- The African Rock Python can survive 2 years without eating.
- 3 teaspoons make up 1 tablespoon.
- The first toothbrush was invented in 1498.
- Much of the work done by Leibniz and Newton is based on theories by French philosopher Rene Descartes. As well as his many contributions to philosophy, Descartes also had a huge impact on mathematics, creating analytical geometry, developing a system that describes geometry using algebra, contributing to optics and much more.
- Bees have 4 wings.
- The first crossword puzzle appeared in 1913.
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