- The number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, plus 37, will give you the current air temperature.
- Flies can react to an object it sees and change direction in less than 30 milliseconds.
- The term 007 was derived from 20007, the home zip code of many Washington, D.C. agents.
- The first taxi service began in New York in 1907.
- Koalas and humans are the only animals with unique fingerprints.
- Earth is the only known planet where fire occurs.
- Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
- The Pacific Ocean is the world's largest.
- A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation (Death can occur about 10 days without sleep while starvation takes a few weeks).
- MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge.
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