- A bolt of lightning can reach temperatures hotter than the sun.
- The number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, plus 37, will give you the current air temperature.
- Ketchup was once sold as a medicine.
- There is 200 times more gold in the world's oceans than has been mined.
- Instant mashed potatoes (dehydrated potato flakes) were invented in Canadian in 1962.
- Mapping is older than writing.
- In 1634, Tulip bulbs were a form of currency in Holland.
- The compass and straight edge were powerful tools in the advancement of geometry, allowing the construction of various lengths, angles and geometric shapes.
- A male kangaroo is called a Boomer.
- A lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue.
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