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The only one-syllabled U.S. state is Maine. Hippopotamuses have skin 3.8cm (1.5in) thick. Clothes dried outside smell better because of a process called photolysis (sunlight breaks down compounds that cause odor). There is enough petrol in a full tank of a Jumbo Jet to drive the average car 4 times around the world. Greek mathematician Euclid is often referred to as the 'Father of Geometry' for his revolutionary ideas and influential textbook called 'Elements' that he wrote around the year 300 BC. The D.C. in Washington D.C. stands for District of Columbia. The average human brain contains around 78% water. White cats with blue eyes are usually deaf. The US shreds 7,000 tons of worn out currency each year. The average life span of a mosquito is 2 weeks. reload more facts