- A pelican can hold more food in its beak than its belly.
- Ancient Egyptians used geometry principles as far back as 3000 BC, using equations to approximate the area of circles among other formulas.
- Birds cannot live in space because they need gravity to be able to swallow.
- The longest attack of hiccups lasted 68 years.
- The odds of being struck by lightning are one in 15,300 in your lifetime.
- The average American will consume over 465 trees worth of paper over their lifetime.
- There are more skin cancer cases caused by tanning beds than there are lung cancer cases caused by smoking.
- DFW Airport in Texas is larger than the island of Manhattan.
- Butterflies can taste with their hind feet.
- The Great Wall of China is approximately 6,430 Km long (3,995 miles).
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