- The diameter of the sun is 1,390,000km (865,000 miles).
- Babylonians measured the circumference of a circle as approximately 3 times the diameter, which is fairly close to today's measurement which uses the value of Pi (around 3.14).
- Bull's can run faster uphill than down.
- If you could drive to the sun at a speed of 88.5 km/h (55 mp/h) it would take around 193 years.
- Babylonians measured the circumference of a circle as approximately 3 times the diameter, which is fairly close to today's measurement which uses the value of Pi (around 3.14).
- An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
- The first sailing boats were built in Egypt.
- Ice skating rinks always go counter clock wise (for the majority of people that are right handed needing to hang onto the rail).
- Ostrich meat is the leanest of all red meats.
- Diamonds are the hardest natural substance.
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