- Some playing cards in India are round.
- The first human-made object to break the sound barrier was a whip.
- Dendrophobia is the fear of trees.
- Coffee is grown commercially in over 45 countries around the world.
- Mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes.
- Before 1863 the postal service in the US was free.
- Ripening bananas glow an intense blue under black light.
- New York contains 920km (571miles) of shoreline.
- Brazil accounts for 1/3 of the world's coffee production.
- $30 of raw popcorn translates into $3,000 in sales at movie theaters.
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