The billionth digit of pi is 9.

The DNA helix measures 80 billionths of an inch wide.

Americans eat close to 10 billion donuts every year.

A bowling pin need only tilt 7.5 degrees in order tofall down.

Mr. Peanut was invented in 1916 by a Suffolk, Virginia, schoolchild who won $5 in a design contest sponsored by Planters Peanuts.

A full grown bear can run asfast as a horse.

It takes eighteen minutes to cool hot chocolate into a Hershey's Kiss.

Researchers recently sprouted a lotus seed known to be 1,288 years old, making it the oldest seed ever germinated.

There is enough energy in one bolt of lightning to power a homefor two weeks.

Japanese lead the world in vending machines, selling $100 Armani ties, $30 bottles of whiskey, and $5 glasses of beer, right next to soft drink machines. It is possible because of low vandalism and petty theft.

In 1848, Niagara Falls stopped flowing for 30 hours because of an ice jam blocking the Niagara River.

City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong.

"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

Dr. Seuss pronounced his name so that it rhymed with "rejoice."

National Pi Day is March 14, at 1:59. (3/14 1:59)

In 1962 an outbreak of contagious laughter in Tanganyika lastedfor six months and caused schools to be closed.

HIV, the virus which causes AIDS, can survive and remain infectious for up to four days in the lubricants of certain medical and dental devices.

The estimated value of services provided by the global ecosystem (water,food, materials etc.) runs between $16 and $54 trillion per year.

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