- The supersonic Concorde jet made its first trial flight on January 1st 1969.
- Coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year.
- A shark's teeth are literally as hard as steel.
- Almonds are members of the peach family.
- The longest attack of hiccups lasted 68 years.
- Born in 1882, Emmy Noether was a German mathematician who made important contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics, described by Einstein as the most important woman in the history of mathematics.
- A full moon is 9 times brighter than a half moon.
- Hawaii officially became apart of the US in 1900.
- Dendrophobia is the fear of trees.
- There are over 80,000 different species of ants.
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