- Coffee is grown commercially in over 45 countries around the world.
- The Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service.
- Some dinosaurs had tails over 13m (45 feet) long.
- Orienteering originated from Sweden.
- The original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy.
- The tentacles of the giant arctic jellyfish can reach 36.6 meters (120 feet).
- A bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second.
- England's Stonehenge is over 5,000 years old.
- The grapefruit gets its name from the way it grows in clusters like grapes on a vine.
- Your brain uses 25% of all the oxygen your breathe.
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