- Onions are part of the lily family.
- There are over 40,000 muscles tendons in an elephant's trunk.
- Britain was the first country to use postage stamps.
- Goats have rectangular pupils in their eyes.
- Chameleons can move both their eyes in different directions at the same time.
- The $ sign was introduced in 1788.
- The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet.
- The US is the world's largest consumer of coffee.
- The world's biggest pyramid is not in Egypt, but in Mexico.
- Large rain drops can fall at speeds of 20 mph.
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