- New York contains 920km (571miles) of shoreline.
- A hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute.
- China manufacturers 70% of the worlds toys.
- Ancient Egyptians used geometry principles as far back as 3000 BC, using equations to approximate the area of circles among other formulas.
- In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
- Deers don't like hay.
- You take over 23,000 breaths everyday.
- No word in the English language rhymes with month.
- The longest possible eclipse of the sun is 7.31 minutes.
- An individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.
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