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Babies’ eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.

Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.

Astronauts get taller when they are in space.

Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.

Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.

Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is ‘Crash Course’!

An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.

An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.

An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.

Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War.