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The Appalachians in North America formed roughly 480 million years ago

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The official language of Brazil is Portuguese

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The smallest species of eagle is the South Nicobar Serpent Eagle

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The country of Belarus has 2 official languages, Russian and Belarussian

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The first filling station was created in the city of Wiesloch, Germany

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Google opened itself to public investment August 19, 2004

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The American Crocodile is the worlds largest species of crocodile

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UNC- Chapel Hill is the second largest State University in North Carolina 

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The Greek word Anura mean without tail

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Titan is Saturn's largest satellite

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Neptunium was the first discovered transuranic element

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The Komodo Dragon is the largest lizard species on the planet

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The state of California was founded on September 9, 1850

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Oneirophobia is the fear of Dreaming

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A Generation equals 25 years

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Ursa Majoris is the second brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Major

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the national animal of Iran is the Persian Cat

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The study of time keeping is known as Horology

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Tropical Rainforest make 40% of the Earth's oxygen supply

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A "Score" is the equlivant of 20 years

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The worlds largest spider is the Goliath Bird-eating Spider

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Chytridiomycosis was first discovered in its epizootic form in 1993

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"Logarithim" is a term made up by Scottish Mathmatician John Napier

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Salamanders have four toes on their front feet and five toes on their back feet

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Mole saliva contains toxins that can paralyze its prey

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Mockingbirds can mimic any call of any animal

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The Jaguar is the only Panthera species found in America

Random Fact #219

The earliest turtles date back to 220 million years ago

Random Fact #218

General Thomas Jackson got his nickname "Stonewall" because of his defensive strategy in the 1st Manassas

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In Greek Mythology, Rhadymanthus is in charge of assigning punishment to the dead

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A Snail can go without eating for 3 years

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Archeabacteria was first discovered in 1977

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Bamboo can grow up to 35 inches in a single day

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Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863

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The International color for Childhood Cancer is Gold

Random Fact #211

Stephen Taylor holds the record for the Worlds Longest Tongue, which is 9.5 centimeters

Random Fact #210

The Non-Electric Telegraph was invented by Claude Chappe in 1794

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1/3 of adults Worldwide are Lactase Persistant

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SOS stands for Save Our Ship

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MEG stands for Magnetoencephalography

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Helium was first liquified by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

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Helium liquifies at -452.2 degrees Fahrenheit

Random Fact #204

In Norse Mythology, the Yggdrasil is considered The World Tree

Random Fact #203

In Welsh, the sword Excalibur is called the Caledfwlch

Random Fact #202

The coldest known object in the Universe is the Boomerang Nebula

Random Fact #201

Zeus is the god of the Sky and Thunder in Greek Mythology

Random Fact #200

In Greek Mythology, Medusa had two sisters named Sthenno and Euryale

Random Fact #199

Absolute Zero is measured on the Kelvin Scale at -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit 

Random Fact #198

Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake that is completely bordered by the United States

Random Fact #197

The Adriatic Sea is about 805 kilometers long

Random Fact #196

Charles Darwin is known as "The Father of Evolution"

Random Fact #195

Loch Ness is the largest body of fresh water in Britain

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There are 15 U.S. states that border the East Coast of North America

Random Fact #193

The Thorny Devil is known as Moloch Horridus in Latin

Random Fact #192

Angler fish mate by males fusing with the females body

Random Fact #191

During the Victorian Age, a widow had to wear full mourning attire for two years

Random Fact #190

The Capybara is the worlds largest rodent

Random Fact #189

The United Kingdom consist of 4 different countries, England, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland

Random Fact #188

There are approximately 800 different species of Eel

Random Fact #187

The Leafy Seadragon is the only member of the Genus Phycodurus family

Random Fact #186

The only truly black cat in the world is the Black Panter

Random Fact #185

The Galaxy z8_GND_5296 is 13.1 billion light-years away from earth, making it the farthest on record

Random Fact #184

The Gobi Desert is the fifth largest desert in the world

Random Fact #183

Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated 44 books during his lifetime

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The adult Assassin Bug can grow to 12-13 millimeters long

Random Fact #181

Mount Etna is the largest active volcano in Europe

Random Fact #180

The Pythagorean Theorem was named after the Greek Mathematician Pythagorus

Random Fact #179

There isn't a water route that flows out of the Dead Sea

Random Fact #178

The Nile River is approximately 4,132 miles long

Random Fact #177

The largest nuclear bomb ever built was called Tsar Bomba

Random Fact #176

The mass of the Sun is 1,989,100,000,000,000,000,000 billion kilograms

Random Fact #175

The country Russia lies in both the continents Europe and Asia

Random Fact #174

The average human body cell contains six feet of DNA

Random Fact #173

The Louisiana Purchase was bought from France for around $15,000,000

Random Fact #172

A cats taste buds cannot sense the taste of sugar

Random Fact #171

Rosalind Franklin is known as the Dark Lady of DNA

Random Fact #170

Lavender is the International color for Cancer Survivors 

Random Fact #169

Octopus ink dulls the sense of smell

Random Fact #168

The average cell takes about an hour and a half to fully go through Mitosis

Random Fact #167

The Beaver anal excretion known as Castoreum can be used as vanilla flavoring

Random Fact #166

The Lllacme Plenipes Millipede went undocumented for 84 years

Random Fact #165

The longest snake ever measured was a Reticulated Python  which measured at 33 feet long

Random Fact #164

The Battle of Red Cliffs was a Chinese battle fought from 208-209 A.D. 

Random Fact #163

Any two couples could have  70,368,744,177,644 different looking children  when not considering parent chromosomes

Random Fact #162

The average human says about 18,000 words per day

Random Fact #161

The International Space Station orbits the Earth 229.91 miles above the ground

Random Fact #160

The worlds tallest volcano is Ojos del Salado standing vertically 22,595 ft.

Random Fact #159

Construction on the Leaning Tower of Pisa started in 1173 and ended in 1372

Random Fact #158

A lemon contains more sugar than a strawberry

Random Fact #157

The Orange tree is the most commonly grown fruit tree in the world

Random Fact #156

The science of apple growing is called Pomology

Random Fact #155

The largest watermelon ever grown was 262 pounds

Random Fact #154

For every mile someone walks, they burn 100 calories

Random Fact #153

The Great Wall of China is 13,170 miles long

Random Fact #152

The Blue Whale is the largest animal on Earth

Random Fact #151

It takes 2.5 cents to make one U.S. penny

Random Fact #150

The Declaration of Independence consist of 32 parts

Random Fact #149

The weight of the human spine is 35 grams 

Random Fact #148

The Sombrero Galaxy is considered a Spiral galaxy

Random Fact #147

There are 31 segments on the human spine

Random Fact #146

The weight of the brain of the average goldfish is 0.097 grams

Random Fact #145

Chlorophyl  in the plant cell's Chloroplast determines the color of the plant

Random Fact #144

The diameter of  the Sun is about 1.4 million kilometers 

Random Fact #143

The dwarf planet Pluto has an escape velocity of 3,937 feet per second

Random Fact #142

The planet Uranus has winds speeds that can get up to 560 MPH

Random Fact #141

The planet Venus has an average surface temperature of 863 degrees Fahrenheit 

Random Fact #140

The planet Jupiter contains two and a half times the mass of all the other planets combined 

Random Fact #139

The planet Neptune has a diameter of  30,598 miles

Random Fact #138

The planet Saturn was named after the Roman God of Agriculture 

Random Fact #137

The planet Mars is red bacause the iron deposits on the planet have rusted over

Random Fact #136

The planet Mercury has a revolution every 88 Earth Days

Random Fact #135

The planet Uranus was discovered on March 13 1781 by William Herschel

Random Fact #134

The country of India has the densest and largest population in the world

Random Fact #133

From 1732 to 1917,the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia was the house Russian Officials

Random Fact #132

Quebec is the only province in Canada who's official language is French

Random Fact #131

The Atacama Desert in Chile is considered the driest desert on Earth

Random Fact #130

Anak Krakatoa is growing at a rate of about five inches per week

Random Fact #129

The Angel Shark is the 5th most endangered shark in the world

Random Fact #128

If the Amazon Rainforest were a country, it would be the ninth largest in the world

Random Fact #127

One Hectare is equivalent to 2.47 acres 

Random Fact #126

Chevy introduced the Camaro in 1967

Random Fact #125

Angler Fish are found at depths of up to 3,300

Random Fact #124

Agoraphobia is the fear of certain environments 

Random Fact #123

It would take 500 grams of chicken to support 50 grams of human tissue 

Random Fact #122

Justin Bieber has the most followers on Twitter in the world

Random Fact #121

Children grow faster during the Spring season

Random Fact #120

The Green Sea Turtle can weigh up to 700 pounds

Random Fact #119

An ant can pick up 10x it own body weight

Random Fact #118

The Galopagos Islands has the biggest collection of exclusive animals (only in that area) on the planet

Random Fact #117

Ben Franklin grew up with seven sisters and nine brothers

Random Fact #116

The Colony of Roanoke in North Carolina, also known as The Lost Colony, disappeared  after the Anglo-Spanish War

Random Fact #115

Leonardo da Vinci was born in the city of Florence and died in Amboise, Kingdom of France

Random Fact #114

St. Sepulchre Church in London was burned up in the year 1666

Random Fact #113

The Trinity Church in Boston, Massachusetts was built in the year 1876

Random Fact #112

A hippopotamus can eat up to 80 pounds of grass per night

Random Fact #111

Israel became a nation in May 1948.

Random Fact #110

In Latin, "Dei" means "God"

Random Fact #109

5% of the Earths energy is Hydroelectric energy

Random Fact #108

The famous author C.S. Lewis wrote the Narnian Chronicles

Random Fact #107

The city Pompii was destroyed by Mount Vesuvious in the year of 79 A.D

Random Fact #106

The tallest mountian in the world is called Mauna Kea, which stands over 10,000 meters in vertical distance

Random Fact #105

NAFTA stands for "North American Free Trade Agreement"

Random Fact #104

The melting point for Lead is approximately 720 degrees

Random Fact #103

Polar bears have 3 layers of fat under their skin

Random Fact #102

The Grecian Empire was at one time ruled by Alexander the Great

Random Fact #101

Nitrogen bubbles begin to fill up a humans lungs if they dive too fast

Random Fact #100

The Babylonian Empire existed between 626-535 B.C

Random Fact #99

There are 1,514 doors and 760 windows in Buckingham Palace

Random Fact #98

France, the United States of America, Iceland, Australia and the United Kingdom all share the same colors on there flag

Random Fact #97

Buckingham Palace in England consist of 775 rooms

Random Fact #96

The Chinese diet consist mainly of grains like rice with little amounts of meat

Random Fact #95

The constallation Orion contains seven major stars

Random Fact #94

Google's first tweet was in binary code and read "I'm Feeling Lucky"

Random Fact #93

The tallest trees in the world are the Coast Redwood trees in the Redwood Forest

Random Fact #92

The International Space Station has been in space for nearly 15 years

Random Fact #91

There are 3,218 known comets that exists in our Solar System

Random Fact #90

There are 620,259 discovered Asteroids in our Solar System

Random Fact #89

There are only 5 Dwarf Planets in the Solar System

Random Fact #88

There are a total of 172 known moons that orbit the eight planets in our Solar System

Random Fact #87

The world's average stock of chickens is about 19 billion, or about three per person.

Random Fact #86

Penguins can hold there breath for up to 15 minutes underwater

Random Fact #85

The North and South poles are not in definite spots

Random Fact #84

There are 86,400 seconds in a day

Random Fact #83

Starfish can regenerate limbs if they are torn or fall off

Random Fact #82

The Eiffel Tower is 1,063 feet tall with the antenna

Random Fact #81

The Empire State Building in New York only took one year and 45 days to build

Random Fact #80

The Pyramid of Giza is 455 feet tall

Random Fact #79

To Condensate means to reduce size while keeping the same mass

Random Fact #78

Igneous rocks are mostly made up of silicone and oxygen

Random Fact #77

Mosquitoes can fly up to 25 miles a day

Random Fact #76

The largest city in America during 1775 was Philadelphia 

Random Fact #75

In Savannah, Georgia, a pineapple  on the front porch indicates that anyone is welcome into the home

Random Fact #74

There are 64 squares on a Checker Board

Random Fact #73

The first video gaming console ever made was called the Magnadox Odyssey 

Random Fact #72

Silly Puddy is made with Starch

Random Fact #71

High-tides and low-tides are caused by the Moon

Random Fact #70

Florida takes no income tax from the working class

Random Fact #69

A football is made of hog and/or pig leather

Random Fact #68

There are 63,380 inches in a mile

Random Fact #67

Gravity is one of the weakest known forces in Physics 

Random Fact #66

The Asteroid thought to have wiped out the Dinosaurs had the power equivalent to 100 million megatons of TNT 

Random Fact #65

Cat Urine will glow if put under a Blacklight

Random Fact #64

The formula for Density is Mass over Volume

Random Fact #63

Pencil lead is actually made of graphite

Random Fact #62

there are always at least 56 cards to a full playing card set

Random Fact #61

Charcoal is made by burning wood 

Random Fact #60

To create glass, sand must be heated to at least 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit 

Random Fact #59

Obsidian is created when a source of lava hits a cool source of water

Random Fact #58

Dogs wag their tails when they are being entertained or when they are curious 

Random Fact #57

 London's "Big Ben" Clock Tower is the largest four-faced, chiming clock in the world

Random Fact #56

One Metric Ton is equal to 2204.62262 pounds

Random Fact #55

63 moons revolve around the planet Jupiter

Random Fact #54

The Tapian is the deadliest snake in the world

Random Fact #53

The Tamil alphabet has 247 letters in it

Random Fact #52

The human body holds more hair than a gorillas body

Random Fact #51

It takes 43 muscles to frown while it only take 17 muscles to smile

Random Fact #50

The temperature of the core of the Sun is 27,000,000 degree's Fahrenheit

Random Fact #49

The dwarf planet, Pluto, has 3 moon which are named Nix, Hydra, and Charon

Random Fact #48

Snakes cannot poop, but they can urinate

Random Fact #47

There are three different types of galaxies that are known in the Universe. They are the Spiral Galaxy, The Elliptical Galaxy, and the Irregular Galaxy

Random Fact #46

Mercury and Bromine are the only liquid metals on the Periodic Table

Random Fact #45

Pepsi's original colors were just red and white. the Pepsi company added blue to the color scheme to support the war effort

Random Fact #44

The Russian word for "World" also means Peace

Random Fact #43

The Eiffel Tower was not originally wanted in the city of Paris 

Random Fact #42

The Aztec Capital, Tenochtitlan, was on an island

Random Fact #41

Polar Bear fur is actually clear instead of white

Random Fact #40

Pepsi was created in the year 1898 in New Bern, North Carolina

Random Fact #39

When three people are dueling it is called a "truel"

Random Fact #38

Rubber is used in the making of Bubble Gum

Random Fact #37

Maple tree sap is used as one of the main ingredients in maple syrup

Random Fact #36

The Incan civilization settled in the Andes Mountains

Random Fact #35

There is not a beginning or end to a rainbow

Random Fact #34

Food cannot be swallowed without your tongue touching the roof of your mouth

Random Fact #33

If two full moons occur in the same month, the second is called a Blue Moon.

Random Fact #32

Before the continents split 200 million years ago, they were called Pangea

Random Fact #31

40 human skull's can fit on the average Ping-Pong table

Random Fact #30

A Black Hole is created when an object, like a star, collapse's on itself over the force of its own gravity

Random Fact #29

the human eyeball does not get bigger as you grow, but your pupils and iris do

Random Fact #28

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe. It takes up about 75% of the Universe

Random Fact #27

CD's are read from the inner part of the disk to the outer edges of the disk

Random Fact #26

A Cheetahs top speed is 70 mph. This is fast enough to outrun the average car.

Random Fact #25

There are a total of approximately 88 different constellations in the sky that we know of today.

Random Fact #24

Stain glass windows aren't made with paint, but made with elements from the Periodic Table such as Gold. The Gold can give off a pink color in stained glass.

Random Fact #23

The Panama Canal is the quickest route from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean

Random Fact #22

The planet Jupiter is made up of 90% hydrogen and 10% helium

Random Fact #21

The Nickel made its first appearance in 1866. the first of these nickels was was the shield nickel which was circulated from 1866-1883.

Random Fact #20

75% of the Earths surface mass is water, which are in the forms of oceans, lakes,  rivers, glaciers. etc.

Random Fact #19

There are only three countries in the world that do not officially use the metric system. They are Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States of America.

Random Fact #18

There are 196 countries in the world today. of the 7 continents, Africa holds the most countries with 54 of them

Random Fact #17

The planet Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. this is caused by the amount of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of this planet.

Random Fact #16

Only 3% of the earths water supply is drinkable. Most of this water is trapped in the polar caps.

Random Fact #15

A Black Cat is considered good luck in the country of Japan.

Random Fact #14

A Butterfly uses it's feet to taste its food before it drinks it

Random Fact #13

The average human being would have walked around the Equator 4 times in their life time

Random Fact #12

The Pineapple isn't just one fruit but many fruits that are fused together as one. 

Random Fact #11

The Capuchin Monkey has learned to stand up like a human by carrying rocks to break their seeds and nuts for food 

Random Fact #10

The Elephant is the only known mammal that cannot jump. The Elephant is also the only mammal with four knees

Random Fact #9

The human heart can create enough pressure to squirt blood to approximately 30 feet (that's 9 meters)

Random Fact #8

The deepest point in the ocean is Challengers Deep in the Mariana Trench. This is 11,030 meters ( that is approximately 36,200 feet) deep.

Random Fact #7

There are six major layers of the Atmosphere. The lowest layer the Troposphere, the Stratosphere, the Mesosphere, the Thermosphere, the Ionosphere, and the highest layer the Exosphere

Random Fact #6

When the United States flag is held upside-down, it is an SOS signal

Random Fact #5

A Sonic Boom is created when an object reaches the speed of 762 FPS (Feet Per Second).

Random Fact #4

Australia is the only land mass that is considered both a Country and a Continent.

Random Fact #3

Pirates used to say "Let's sail the 7 Sea's" because they sailed 7 Oceans. They sailed on The North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans. 

Random Fact #2

Charles V was a ruler of Spain from 1519-1556. He stepped down in 1556 to join a Monastery. 

Random Fact #1

Earth is approximately 93,000,000 miles away from the sun