- Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
- The word 'karate' means 'empty hand'.
- The 1st full length animated film was released by Disney Studios in 1937 (it was Snow White and the seven dwarfs).
- There are more skin cancer cases caused by tanning beds than there are lung cancer cases caused by smoking.
- The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
- Powerful earthquakes can make the Earth spin faster.
- The word 'underground is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'.
- Mapping is older than writing.
- A blue whale can go up to 6 months without eating.
- Brontophobia is the fear of thunderstorms.
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