- Brazil got its name from the Brazilian nut (not the other way around).
- You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than any other.
- Termites eat through wood 2 times faster when listening to rock music.
- Mercury and Venus are the only planets in our solar system with no moon.
- Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day.
- There are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous).
- A baby fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks.
- Greek mathematician Euclid is often referred to as the 'Father of Geometry' for his revolutionary ideas and influential textbook called 'Elements' that he wrote around the year 300 BC.
- In American supermarkets peanut butter is one of the most frequently purchased items.
- Goats have rectangular pupils in their eyes.
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