- Kickball is referred to as u201csoccer-baseballu201d in some parts of Canada.
- In 1642 French mathematician Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical calculator.
- Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man, woman, and child.
- The word laser stands for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation'.
- The opposite of a 'vacuum' is a 'plenum'.
- Only pregnant females polar bears hibernate.
- Oxygen supply influences the color of a fire's flame.
- OMG was added to dictionaries in 2011, but it's first known use was in 1917.
- Denver sits at 5,280 feet elevation (1 mile above sea level).
- There are over 100,000 different species of butterflies.
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