- The odds of being struck by lightning are 600,000 to 1.
- The Hindu-Arabic numeral system began developing as early as the 1st century with a full system being established around the 9th century, forming the basis of the numerical digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 that we use today.
- August has the highest percentage of births.
- Black on yellow are the 2 colors with the strongest impact.
- A person produces enough saliva to fill 2 average size swimming pools during their lifetime.
- Reindeer hair is hollow inside like a tube.
- Each red blood cell lives an average of 4 months and travels between the lungs and other tissue 75,000 times before returning to bone marrow to die.
- Folklore states that if you split a double strawberry in half and share it with the opposite sex, you'll soon fall in love.
- The humming bird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
- The word 'underground is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'.
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