- Cheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats.
- 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.
- There are over 900,000 known species of insects.
- A jellyfish is 95% water.
- The $ sign was introduced in 1788.
- Ichthyophobia is the fear of fish.
- Elvis's middle name was Aron.
- 30% of people refuse to sit on a public toilet seats.
- 1/4 of the bones in your body are in your feet.
- Mount Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high.
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