- New York's Central Park was opened in 1876.
- The Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700.
- A bear has 42 teeth.
- Grasshoppers have white blood.
- Snakes can't blink.
- Franklin Mars invented the Snickers Bar in 1930.
- An elephants ears are used to regulate body temperature.
- The diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles).
- Commercial airplanes maintain a cabin pressure of about 6,400 feet (just over 1 mile) above sea level.
- The statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide.
|