- A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation (Death can occur about 10 days without sleep while starvation takes a few weeks).
- More than 1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun.
- The US flag has 13 stripes (representing the original 13 states).
- Large rain drops can fall at speeds of 20 mph.
- The name of the popular search engine 'Google' came from a misspelling of the word 'googol', which is a very large number (the number one followed by one hundred zeros to be exact).
- Dolphins are unable to smell.
- 60 cows can produce a ton of milk each day.
- Mangoes can get sunburned.
- An elephant's trunk can hold over 5 litres of water.
- The ball on top of a flag pole is called the truck.
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