- A cheetahs top speed is 114kph (70mph).
- Catfish have over 100,000 taste buds.
- That you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become).
- The Nobel Peace Prize is named for Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.
- A King Cobra is the biggest of all poisonous snakes and can grow to over 4 metres (13 feet) long.
- A 1/4 of your bones are in your feet.
- 1 square inch of human skin contains 625 sweat glands.
- Instant mashed potatoes (dehydrated potato flakes) were invented in Canadian in 1962.
- People who work at night tend to weigh more.
- The original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy.
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