- Dolphins can hear underwater sounds from 24km (15miles) away.
- 10% of with world's food supply is consumed by insects.
- The Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps.
- Britain was the first country to use postage stamps.
- 20% of all the oxygen you breathe is used by your brain.
- There are exactly 1,048,576 bytes in 1 megabyte.
- Once a women reachs the age of 30 they lose 1% of their bone mass every year thereafter (by the time a women is 50 she will have lost 20%).
- Hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards.
- Maine produces more toothpicks than any other state in the U.S.
- The oldest known vegetable is the pea.
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