- Chicago is named after smelly garlic that once grew in the area.
- The oldest cockroach fossils are over 280 million years old.
- The word 'underground is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'.
- Hypnotism is banned in public schools in San Diego (U.S.).
- A human being could swim through the blood vessels of a blue whale.
- Hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal.
- Cotton can catch fire with enough super glue applied.
- Elvis Presley made only 1 television commercial.
- It takes 1,100 watts to power a toaster.
- The spiral shapes of sunflowers follow the Fibonacci sequence.
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