- The $ sign was introduced in 1788.
- The longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'.
- Albert Einstein never knew how to drive a car.
- Coconuts kill over 150 people each year (more than sharks).
- It is illegal in the United Kingdom to handle salmon in suspicious circumstances.
- Women were not allowed to vote in France until 1944.
- There are over 225,000 trees in New York's Central Park.
- The longest possible eclipse of the sun is 7.31 minutes.
- The tallest mammal is the giraffe.
- Hawaii officially became apart of the US in 1900.
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