- All hurricanes form over the sea and can last up to 10 days.
- The study of insects is called entomology.
- You are 1% shorter in the evening than you are in the morning.
- American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year.
- Sea water is approximately 3.5% salt.
- The typical wave height from Pacific tsunami is between 6 - 9 metres.
- The primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas).
- The collective name for a group of unicorns is called a blessing.
- A group of porcupines is called a prickle.
- Hawaii was originally called the Sandwich Islands.
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