- An electric eel can release a charge powerful enough to start 50 cars.
- Mount Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high.
- A nanosecond is one billionth of a second.
- The first flight traveled at less than 7 mph (ground speed).
- There are over 1,600 known species of starfishes.
- The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.
- Only 4 out of 20,000 species of bees produce honey.
- EMI awards stands for 'Electrical and Musical Instruments'.
- The first English dictionary was written in 1755.
- A housefly hums in the key of F.
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