- Blue whale tongues can weigh 8,000 pounds, or as much as an elephant, and their hearts weigh close to a ton.
- Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras lived around the year 500 BC and is known for his Pythagorean theorem relating to the three sides of a right angle triangle: a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
- The softest known mineral is talc.
- 44% of people have broken a bone.
- The average woman will consume over 2.7kg (6 pounds) of lipstick in their lifetime.
- Pigs can get sunburn.
- Your head contains 22 bones.
- The average raindrop weighs less than an eyelash.
- There are over 97,000 km (60,000 miles) of blood vessels in the average person.
- Miami installed the first ATM for inline skaters.
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