- Curly hair follicles are oval, while straight hair follicles are round.
- 'orology' is the study of mountains.
- Sesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
- A connected bunch of bananas is called a hand and individual bananas are called fingers.
- At the deepest point in the ocean, the water pressure is equivalent to having about 50 jumbo jets piled on top of you.
- A garfish has green bones.
- The word denim comes from 'de Nimes' or from Nimes which is a town in France.
- 11% of people are left handed.
- American Black bears are not just black but include bears of varying colors including blonde, cinnamon, brown, white and even silver-blue.
- The average soccer ball is made up of 32 leather panels and held together by 642 stitches.
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