- 85% of plant life is found in the ocean.
- The atomic symbol for iron is Fe (the original name for iron was Ferric).
- Flies can react to an object it sees and change direction in less than 30 milliseconds.
- In South Korea, a baby is considered 1 year old at birth.
- There are 2.5 million times more ants on earth than people (20 quadrillion of them).
- Snakes eat their body weight in one year.
- The electric toothbrush was invented in 1939.
- 2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey.
- The word 'almost' is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
- A suction cup will not work in outer space.
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