- According to manufacturer Spalding the average lifespan of an NBA basketball is 10,000 bounces.
- Paper originated from China.
- A connected bunch of bananas is called a hand and individual bananas are called fingers.
- A fire will burn faster moving uphill than downhill.
- Over 500 meteorites hit the Earth each year.
- There are over 100 different viruses that cause the common cold.
- The first parachute jump from plane was in 1918 over France.
- The movie Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make with $5 million going towards actor's salaries.
- Each red blood cell lives an average of 4 months and travels between the lungs and other tissue 75,000 times before returning to bone marrow to die.
- The 50-star flag was designed for a high school class assignment.
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