The speed of light is generally rounded down to 186,000 miles per second. In exact terms it is 299,792,458 m.

The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking chair is 480 hours held by Dennis Easterling, of Atlanta, Georgia.

The human brain takes up 2% of human body weight but uses 20% of its energy.

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