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- Did you know more than 1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun
- Did you know natural gas has no smell (the odor is artificially added so that people are able to identify leaks)
- Did you know rainbows can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon (the sun needs to be less than 40 above the horizon)
- Did you know acorns are poisonous to humans (if eaten it can cause damage to your kidneys)
- Did you know all hurricanes form over the sea and can last up to 10 days
- Did you know there are over 225,000 trees in New York's Central Park
- Did you know chalk is made from tiny plankton fossils
- Did you know 80% of the world's rose species come from Asia
- Did you know every living thing on the Earth contains carbon
- Did you know the Pacific Ocean is the world's largest
- Did you know it takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl
- Did you know the average mature oak tree sheds over 700,000 leaves in Autumn
- Did you know onions are part of the lily family
- Did you know the primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas)
- Did you know the softest known mineral is talc
- Did you know 20% of China's plants are used in medicine
- Did you know 2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey
- Did you know humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands
- Did you know moths have white blood
- Did you know the diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles)