- It was once illegal to slam your car door in Switzerland.
- New Zealands first hospital was opened in 1843.
- The sun is 330,330 times larger than the Earth.
- People in Iceland read more books per capita than any other country.
- Blueberries are one of the only natural foods that are truly blue in color.
- Everyday is a holiday somewhere in the world.
- The Cambodian alphabet has 74 letters.
- 80% of all people hit by lightning are men.
- You might have heard the word 'infinity' before or seen its symbol that looks like the number 8 placed on its side. Infinity means a limitless quantity or something that goes on forever. While it's not really a number like 1, 2 or 3, infinity is often used in math as part of equations and formulas.
- The first US coast to coast aeroplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days.
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