Jupiter's 4 biggest moons are named Europa, Ganymede, Callisto and Io.
Because of lower gravity, a person who weighs 100kg on earth would only weigh 38kg on the surface of Mars.
The Solar System formed around 4.6 billion years ago.
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system with a surface temperature of over 450 degrees celcius.
Marijuana has not been shown to cause mental illness.
In India as early as the sixth century B.C., the famous medical treatise Charaka – Sanhita celebrates the onion as medicine – a diuretic, good for digestion, the heart, the eyes, and the joints.
In Egypt, onions were considered to be an object of worship. The onion symbolized eternity to the Egyptians who buried onions along with their Pharaohs.
Onions are high in vitamin C
An 8-ounce baked or boiled potato has only about 100 calories.
The potato is about 80% water and 20% solids.
In October 1995, the potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space.
Around 95% of animals have eyes. Some are very simple, just picking up light and dark conditions while others are more complex, allowing for the recognition of shapes, color and depth.
Coconut water contains a very good amount of electrolyte potassium.
Green cauliflower is produced when you cross cauliflower with broccoli.
China is the world's leading
producer of cauliflower.Cauliflower is actually a flower that hasn't fully developed yet.
Brain cells don't regenerate.
The moon sounds like a gong.
Never store onions and potatoes together. They both produce gases that when in close proximity to each other, cause both of them to spoil much faster.
Carrots were originally red, purple, yellow or white. Orange carrots were not produced until the 16th century, when the Dutch cross bred yellow and red carrots to create the orange carrot, in honor of the the Dutch Royal Family, which was also known as the House of Orange.
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