- Raindrops are not tear shaped (they more resemble the shape of a tiny hamburger bun).
- The average golf ball has 336 dimples.
- Many mammals, including cats and dogs, walk on their toes in contrast to humans, who walk on the soles of their feet.
- John Cadbury founded the Cadbury chocolate company in England in 1842 producing the first chocolate bars.
- Fresh apples float because 25 percent of their volume is air.
- The Basenji is a dog that yodels instead of barking.
- House cats have 18 claws.
- Brontology is the study of thunder.
- Cheetahs can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h (43mp/h) in 3 seconds.
- The word 'geometry' comes from the Greek words 'geo', meaning earth, and 'metria', meaning measure.
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