10 Interesting facts about everything #3

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10 Interesting facts about everything #3

1 - Although sharks have eyelids, they never blink.

2 - The seven rays on the crown of the Statue of Liberty represent the seven continents; each measures up to 9 feet in length and weighs as much as 150 pounds.

3 - The eyes of a chameleon are independent from each other, allowing it to look in two different directions at once.

4 - Bees are attracted by caffeine.

5 - Cheese was created over 4,000 years ago-by accident.

6 - Tea is a prominent feature of British culture and society. The United Kingdom drinks about 165 million cups of tea a day, or 62 billion cups per year.

7 - Chicago is the birthplace of the first ever ferris wheel, which was 264-feet tall and debuted in the 1893 World’s Fair and was demolished shortly after in 1906.

8 - The name Coca-Cola refers to two of its original ingredients: kola nuts and coca leaves.

9 - Art used to be an Olympic event.

10 - Pablo Picasso: Picasso was baptized Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso (27 names!). The “Picasso” came from his mother, Maria Picasso y Lopez. His father was Jose Ruiz Blasco.

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