- 13 people die every year from vending machines.
- The 'black box' that houses an airplanes voice recorder is actually orange so it can be more easily detected amid the debris of a plane crash.
- A 1/4 of your bones are in your feet.
- A group of porcupines is called a prickle.
- Scorpions glow under ultra violet light.
- Your small intestine is the largest internal organ in your body.
- Antarctica is 98% ice and 2% barren rock.
- The sun is actually white, but the earth's atmosphere makes it appear yellow.
- Honey enters your blood stream within 20 minutes of being eaten.
- The world's knowledge is growing so fast that 90% of what we will know in 50 years time will be discovered in those 50 years.
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