- The fire hydrant patent was ironically destroyed in a fire.
- Greeks constructed aesthetically pleasing buildings and artworks based on the golden ratio of approximately 1.618.
- Before 1913 parents could mail their kids to Grandma's through the postal service.
- Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
- Air's alchemy symbol is a triangle with a horizontal bar.
- The word 'almost' is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
- The number 4 is the only number that has the same number of letters in it.
- Sea Lions have rhythm. They are the only animal able to clap to a beat.
- 45,000 thunderstorms around the world occur every day.
- A jiffy is an actual time measurement equaling 1/100th of a second.
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