The Grammy Awards were introduced to counter the threat of rock music. In the late 1950s, a group of record executives were alarmed by the explosive success of rock 'n roll, considering it a threat to "quality" music.

Annually, an Australian eats 15 kg of bananas, which comes out to 27 meters of bananas.

When a flea jumps, the rate of acceleration is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch.

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