- There are around 30 milligrams of caffeine in the average chocolate bar while a cup of coffee has around 100 to 150.
- Fresh cranberries can be bounced like a rubber ball.
- A hard boiled eggs spin (uncooked or soft boiled don't).
- The game of basketball was first played using a soccer ball and two peach baskets.
- The human brain takes up 2% of human body weight but uses 20% of its energy.
- The most abundant metal in the Earth's crust is aluminum.
- Baby koalas are fed poo by their parents after they are born which helps them digest Eucalyptus leaves later in life.
- The most popular snack food is potato chips.
- The primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas).
- Each year, the Moon moves away from Earth by about four centimeters.
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