- Mount Everest is bigger now than the last time it was measured.
- Ostrich meat is the leanest of all red meats.
- The Eiffel Tower is repainted every 7 years.
- Giraffes can grow more than 18 feet tall.
- The average person consumes over a ton of food and drink each year.
- The average mature oak tree sheds over 700,000 leaves in Autumn.
- Fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill.
- Small dogs usually live longer than larger breeds.
- Bernhard Riemann was an influential German mathematician who contributed to differential geometry and analysis, paving the way for the development of general relativity by Albert Einstein.
- The lie detector was invented in 1921.
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