- An astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space (the cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity).
- On average you blink 25,000 a day.
- Commercial airplanes maintain a cabin pressure of about 6,400 feet (just over 1 mile) above sea level.
- By age 60 most people would have lost half of their taste buds.
- The largest exporter of sugar is Cuba.
- Brazil accounts for 1/3 of the world's coffee production.
- The first sailing boats were built in Egypt.
- Despite its hump, a camel has a straight spine.
- There are 7 points on the Statue of Liberty's crown.
- A pumpkin really is a fruit.
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