These are some fun facts I stumbled upon:
1. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge of it & a dime has 118.
2. A bolt of lightning travels at speeds of up to one hundred million feet per second, or seventy-two million miles per hour.
3. The bird of paradise can sleep upside down.
4. Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.
5. A rainbow can be seen only in the morning or late afternoon. It can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon.
6. Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee's head and 2 larger ones in front.
7. Butterflies taste with their hind feet.
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