- Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
- A blue whale can go up to 6 months without eating.
- Italy and France produce over 40% of all wine.
- Cows can walk up stairs but not down them.
- Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz.
- The word 'geometry' comes from the Greek words 'geo', meaning earth, and 'metria', meaning measure.
- If you could drive your car upwards, you would be in space in less than an hour.
- According to manufacturer Spalding the average lifespan of an NBA basketball is 10,000 bounces.
- Mangos are related to cashews and pistachios.
- Whales have the slowest metabolism of all animals.
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