- The number 1 cause of blindness in the US is diabetes.
- You have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more calories than an apple).
- 'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters.
- The King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache.
- The yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines.
- Even with wings, humans would be unable to fly.
- A crocodile can't stick out its tongue.
- The revolving door was invented in 1888.
- The word 'geometry' comes from the Greek words 'geo', meaning earth, and 'metria', meaning measure.
- An elephants ears are used to regulate body temperature.
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