The driest inhabited place in the world is Aswan, Egypt where the annual average rainfall is .02 inches.

Spiked and studded dog-collars derive from the days of the Ancient Greeks, who would give their sheep-dogs sharply spiked collars to protect their necks from wolves whilst they watched over a Sheppard's flock at night.

Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than through the air.

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