- Tarantula spiders can survive 2 and a half years without food.
- You can buy square watermelons in Japan (developed to stack better in supermarkets).
- Jousting is the official sport of Maryland.
- New born babies have 350 bones (by age 5 the amount of bones merges to 206).
- Giraffes can grow more than 18 feet tall.
- According to manufacturer Spalding the average lifespan of an NBA basketball is 10,000 bounces.
- Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine.
- Minus 40C is exactly the same temperature as minus 40F.
- 32% of all land in the U.S. is owned by the government.
- Clinophobia is the fear of going to bed.
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