- Strawberries contain more vitamin C than oranges.
- India has the most post offices than any other country (over 100,000).
- Volleyball was invented in 1895.
- The Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense.
- 45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star.
- Flushable toilets were in use in ancient Rome.
- Crocodiles continually grow new sets of teeth to replace old ones.
- The dishwasher was invented in 1889.
- Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.
- The primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas).
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