- The ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food.
- Instant mashed potatoes (dehydrated potato flakes) were invented in Canadian in 1962.
- The shortest war in history lasted for only 38 minutes.
- The Colgate toothpaste company started out making starch, soap, and candles.
- 20% of all the oxygen you breathe is used by your brain.
- Kangaroos can jump 30 feet.
- Strawberries taste sweeter at room temperature.
- Sound travels 4.3 times faster through water than in air.
- Ocean algae produces about 75 percent of the world's oxygen.
- A 15th anniversary is called a quindecennial.
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