The risk of being struck by a falling meteorite for a human is one occurence every 9,300 years.

The reason why locusts swarm are because when they are in groups, a "hot-spot" behind their hind legs is stimulated, which in turn causes their destructive nature. A large swarm of locusts can eat eighty thousand tons of corn in a day.

The shape of plant collenchyma's cells and the shape of the bubbles in beer foam are the same - they are orthotetrachidecahedrons.

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