”All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”
- Arthur Schopenhauer

The squirrel monkey’s brain accounts for roughly 5 percent of its body weight — the largest percentage of any other animal. The human brain, by comparison, makes up about 2.3 percent of body weight.

Most landfilled trash retains its original weight, volume, and form for 40 years.

The G.I. Joe toy line got its name from the 1945 movie The Story of G.I. Joe, which retold the story of war correspondent Ernie Pyle’s days on the front lines. It starred Burgess Meredith and Robert Mitchum.

More people are killed in Africa by crocodiles than by lions.

About 5.6 percent of Earth’s crust is composed of iron.

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