men's javelin used in competitions weighs 0.8 kg

the genetic code encodes 20 amino acids that are used to build proteins

actor and dancer Gene Kelly died at 83

on the average the duration of a lightning strike is about 200 milliseconds

the size of a tic-tac-toe game board is 3 x 3

in traditional lore, Santa Claus's sleigh is led by eight reindeer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder, and Blixem. The reindeer Rudolph was added later

in Germany and Eastern Europe, 00 is a signs that indicates a public toilet

Juvenile: DR-32 is an episode (s3e24) in the TV crime series "Dragnet", in which Friday and Gannon have less than two hours to find the dog that bit a little girl five days earlier

"Butter 08" was a short-lived musical side-project whose members consisted of Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto, Russell Simins of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Rick Lee of Skeleton Key and director Mike Mills.

in Switzerland there are 20 Cantons (and 6 half-cantons)

the balalaika is a Russian stringed musical instrument with a triangular body and 3 strings