- A sneeze can travel up to 99 mph.
- A fifteen-year-old boy invented earmuffs in 1873.
- 75% of the U.S.'s tart cherries come from Michigan.
- The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick' is said to be the toughest tongue twister.
- Ancient Romans thought strawberries could cure bad breath and chronic fainting.
- Curly hair follicles are oval, while straight hair follicles are round.
- A man once ate an entire airplaneu2014it took him 2 years.
- The Olympic flag was designed in 1913.
- Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras lived around the year 500 BC and is known for his Pythagorean theorem relating to the three sides of a right angle triangle: a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
- Draughts (checkers) is older than chess.
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