- The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 to 6,000 words.
- The volume of water in the Amazon River is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined.
- The walking catfish can live on land.
- The water in the Dead Sea is so salty that it far easier to float than to drown.
- The water in the Great Salt Lake of Utah is more than four times as salty as any ocean.
- The wettest spot in the world is located on the island of Kauai. Mt. Waialeale consistently records rainfall at the rate of nearly 500 inches per year.
- The white part of an egg is the albumen.
- The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.
- The white potato originated in the Andes mountains and was probably brought to Britain by Sir Francis Drake about 1586.
- The Wizard of Oz was a Broadway musical 37 years before the MGM movie version was made. It had 293 performances and then went on a tour that lasted 9 years.
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