- In 1900 the average life span in the US was 47.
- Greeks constructed aesthetically pleasing buildings and artworks based on the golden ratio of approximately 1.618.
- Unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it.
- An average cumulus cloud weighs more than 70 adult T-Rexes.
- Cats have a peripheral vision of 285 degrees.
- A full moon is 9 times brighter than a half moon.
- When a member of a whale group is sick or injured, other whales will push it up to the surface of the water to help it breathe.
- Catoptrophobia is the fear of mirrors.
- 99% of our solar system's mass is the sun.
- Wind doesn't make a sound until it blows against an object.
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