- Venetian blinds were invented in Japan.
- The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.
- Earth is the only known planet where fire occurs.
- Cotton can catch fire with enough super glue applied.
- It takes 1,100 watts to power a toaster.
- Greyhounds can reach speeds of up to 67kph (42mph).
- Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man, woman, and child.
- The human body creates 2,500,000 new red blood cells every second.
- Chinese mathematics developed around the 11th century BC and included important concepts related to negative numbers, decimals, algebra and geometry.
- In South Korea, it is against the rules for a professional baseball player to wear cabbage leaves inside of his hat.
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