Here are some interesting but true facts that you may or may not have known:
1. The Statue of Liberty's index finger is eight feet long.
2. Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile.
3. A 75-year-old person will have slept about 23 years.
4. The Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight. The Wright brothers invented the airplane.
5. There are as many chickens on Earth as there are humans.
6. One type of hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
7. The word "set" has the most number of definitions in the English language; slugs have four noses.
8. Sharks can live up to 100 years.
9. Mosquitoes are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.
10. Kangaroos can't walk backward.
11. About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in the U.S. every day.
12. The largest recorded snowflake was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. It fell in Montana in 1887.
13. The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is actually a tiny sonic boom.
14. Former President Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails in his entire 8-year presidency.
15. Koalas and humans are the only animals that have fingerprints.
16. There are 200,000,000 insects for every human.
17. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery had in it to begin with.
18. The world's largest Montessori school is in India, with 26,312 students in 2002.
19. Octopuses have three hearts.
20. If you ate too many carrots, you would turn orange.
21. The average person spends two weeks waiting for a traffic light to change.
22. 1 in 2,000,000,000 people will live to be 116 or older.
23. The body has 2-3 million sweat glands.
24. Sperm whales have the biggest brains, weighing 20 lbs.
25. Tiger shark embryos fight each other in their mother's womb. The survivor is born.
26. Most cats are left-pawed.
27. 250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
28. A blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant.
29. You use 14 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. Keep smiling!
30. Bamboo can grow up to 3 ft in 24 hours.
31. An eyeball weighs about 1 ounce.
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61. The Statue of Liberty's index finger is eight feet long.
2. Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile.
3. A 75-year-old person will have slept about 23 years.
4. The Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight. The Wright brothers invented the airplane.
5. There are as many chickens on Earth as there are humans.
6. One type of hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
7. The word "set" has the most number of definitions in the English language; slugs have four noses.
8. Sharks can live up to 100 years.
9. Mosquitoes are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.
10. Kangaroos can't walk backward.
11. About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in the U.S. every day.
12. The largest recorded snowflake was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. It fell in Montana in 1887.
13. The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is actually a tiny sonic boom.
14. Former President Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails in his entire 8-year presidency.
15. Koalas and humans are the only animals that have fingerprints.
16. There are 200,000,000 insects for every human.
17. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery had in it to begin with.
18. The world's largest Montessori school is in India, with 26,312 students in 2002.
19. Octopuses have three hearts.
20. If you ate too many carrots, you would turn orange.
21. The average person spends two weeks waiting for a traffic light to change.
22. 1 in 2,000,000,000 people will live to be 116 or older.
23. The body has 2-3 million sweat glands.
24. Sperm whales have the biggest brains, weighing 20 lbs.
25. Tiger shark embryos fight each other in their mother's womb. The survivor is born.
26. Most cats are left-pawed.
27. 250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
28. A blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant.
29. You use 14 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. Keep smiling!
30. Bamboo can grow up to 3 ft in 24 hours.
31. An eyeball weighs about 1 ounce.
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Asia: The Largest Continent
Asia is the largest continent in terms of both landmass and population. It is home to 60% of the world's population, which accounts for almost 4 billion people.
The Longest Surviving Dispute
The longest surviving dispute on Earth is between Pakistan and India over the region of Kashmir.
The Bible's Historical Timeline
The Bible was written over a period of 1,600 years.
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Asia is the largest continent in terms of both landmass and population. It is home to 60% of the world's population, which accounts for almost 4 billion people.
The Longest Surviving Dispute
The longest surviving dispute on Earth is between Pakistan and India over the region of Kashmir.
The Bible's Historical Timeline
The Bible was written over a period of 1,600 years.
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