- Brazil borders every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador.
- A King Cobra is the biggest of all poisonous snakes and can grow to over 4 metres (13 feet) long.
- A violin contains over 70 separate pieces of wood.
- Archimedes of Syracuse lived around the year 250 BC and among other things, developed a method for determining the volume of objects with irregular shapes.
- Diamonds mined in Brazil are much harder than those found in Africa.
- A car travelling at 80kph (50mph) uses half its fuel to overcome wind resistance.
- A woodpecker can peck 20 times a second.
- Ferrets sleep between 18 - 20 hours a day.
- The frozen foods were first introduced in the 1920.
- Both green and black tea come from leaves of the same tree.
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