- An area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles.
- Isaac Newton invented the cat door.
- The croissant was invented in Austria.
- The word utopia u2013 an ideal place u2013 ironically comes from a Greek word meaning u201cno place.u201d.
- The US shreds 7,000 tons of worn out currency each year.
- An average cumulus cloud weighs more than 70 adult T-Rexes.
- A bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second.
- A chameleon's tongue is twice as long as its body.
- The word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel.
- Male humpback whales can sing up to half an hour nonstop and even mimic other whale songs.
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