- In Africa more people are killed by crocodiles than lions.
- Babylonians measured the circumference of a circle as approximately 3 times the diameter, which is fairly close to today's measurement which uses the value of Pi (around 3.14)..
- The ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food.
- The average person sheds .7kg (1.5 pounds) of skin each year.
- You can smell a skunk 1.6km (1 mile) away.
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