- 90% of all volcanic activity occurs in the ocean.
- Over 500 meteorites hit the Earth each year.
- The popsicle was invented in 1905 by an 11-year-old boy.
- Snails take the longest naps with some lasting as long as three years.
- The average person takes 23,000 breaths a day.
- The spikes of a newborn hedgehog begin to appear within 24 hours.
- Dreamt is the only word that ends in mt.
- 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.
- The yoke of an Ostrich egg is the largest cell in the world.
- Porsche also builds tractors.
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