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The microwave was invented by accident in 1945, when an engineer working close to high powered radars noticed the candy bar in his pocket had melted.
Tsukiji Market in Tokyo Japan is the biggest fish market in the world. Rare fish like the Bluefin Tuna is sometimes auctioned there for more than one million US dollars.
Elephant trunks contain more than 40,000 muscles. They are strong enough to lift more than 700 lbs, yet precise enough to draw a painting using an artist's brush.
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In the National Hockey League (NHL), it is tradition that each player in the champion team receives the Stanley Cup for one day. Some players have used it to baptize their babies.
The goldfish has been found to have a memory-span of at least 3 months. There have also been a few people who actually trained their goldfish to do tricks!
The jet wash of Boeing 747 taking off is strong enough to flip over a school bus, taxi cab, and a small plane.
Dragonflies use 80% of their brainpower just to process vision signals. They are capable of seeing everything around them without moving their eyes.
The human sneeze can travel faster than 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). It is not recommended to hold back a sneeze, as the extreme pressure may cause ear damage.
The squirrel's tail has many uses; it can be used as blanket, a parachute, a way to balance and a way to communicate. By flicking their tail toward another animal they are saying "Go away!"
As of 2014, Chicago O'Hare airport is the busiest airport in the world, managing to juggle more than 1,780 aircraft per day.
The Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) weighs approximately 1.8 grams, less than a U.S. penny. It is the smallest bird in the world, measuring just 2.2 inches long.
A city the size of New York consumes 1 billion U.S. gallons of water per day; enough to fill 1,480 Olympic sized swimming pools.
The world's largest and heaviest aircraft is the Antonov An-225 Mriya, designed for carrying large cargo. It's maximum takeoff weight is 1.3 million pounds (590,000 kilograms).
Earth's gravity field extends well into outer space. It's strong enough to keep our moon in place, and will eventually pull back all the satellites we have launched into orbit.
The first living creature in outer space was a female Samoyed husky dog named Laika. She was launched aboard the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2 on November 3rd, 1957.
The Pacific Ocean is the biggest ocean in the world, accounting for 32% of the world's total surface area. That's slightly more than all the land in the world combined.
