- Elephants can smell water from miles away.
- Hawaii officially became apart of the US in 1900.
- Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras lived around the year 500 BC and is known for his Pythagorean theorem relating to the three sides of a right angle triangle: a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
- The average American eats 263 eggs a year.
- Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
- Pez was invented in 1927.
- An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
- An ostrich can outrun a horse.
- Cotton can catch fire with enough super glue applied.
- Early sunscreens included ingredients like rice bran oil, iron, clay, and tar.
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