- A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel.
- Bottle nosed whales can dive to a depth of 915 metres (3,000feet) in 2 minutes.
- It takes 110 silkworm cocoons to make an average tie.
- Cooking or freezing does not reduce the heat (spiciness) of a chile pepper.
- October the 10th is national metric day.
- Reindeer like bananas.
- Americans throw away 44 million newspapers a day.
- The D.C. in Washington D.C. stands for District of Columbia.
- Born in 1777, German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss contributed brilliant work in geometry, statistics, number theories, algebra and much more.
- Dark green lettuce leaves are more nutritious than lighter ones.
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