- Pearls melt in vinegar.
- Brontology is the study of thunder.
- Sound travels 10 times faster through granite than air.
- There are over 130 species of owl.
- The ball on top of a flag pole is called the truck.
- A blue whale can weigh as much as 30 elephants and as long as 3 large tour buses.
- Flushable toilets were in use in ancient Rome.
- Your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body.
- MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge.
- The Earth is struck by lightning over 100 times every second.
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