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25% of a human’s bones are in
its feet.
On average, 100 people choke to
death on ballpoint pens every year.
A jellyfish is 95% water.
If you plant an apple seed, it
is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.
The microwave was invented after
a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The average person falls asleep
in seven minutes.
There have been over 600
lawsuits against Alexander Grahm Bell over rights to the patent of the
telephone, the most valuable patent in U.S. history.
The odds of being born male are
about 51.2%, according to census
Scotland has more redheads than any
other part of the world.
There is an average of 61,000
people airborne over the US
at any given moment.
The surface of the Earth is
about 60% water and 10% ice.
Lightning strikes the earth
about 8 million times a day.
Humans use a total of 72
different muscles in speech.
Dolphins can look in different
directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.
There are 41,806 different
spoken languages in the world today.
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