- The name of the popular search engine 'Google' came from a misspelling of the word 'googol', which is a very large number (the number one followed by one hundred zeros to be exact).
- Ancient Romans thought strawberries could cure bad breath and chronic fainting.
- Flightless birds, like the penguin, could once fly.
- There are over 15,000 different kinds of rice.
- A bear in hibernation loses up to 25% of its body weight.
- Halley's comet passes the Earth every 76 years (the next time it will return will be 2062).
- The Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps.
- A group of whales is called a pod.
- Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys.
- Hippopotamus milk is pink.
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