- Australia has 10,685 beaches; you could visit a new beach every day for more than 29 years.
- 1 gigayear = 1,000,000,000,000 years.
- Your most sensitive finger is your index finger (closest to your thumb).
- There are more skin cancer cases caused by tanning beds than there are lung cancer cases caused by smoking.
- Gorillas sleep 14 hours a day.
- The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze over completely.
- 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia.
- The most popular snack food is potato chips.
- There is enough petrol in a full tank of a Jumbo Jet to drive the average car 4 times around the world.
- There are around 30 milligrams of caffeine in the average chocolate bar while a cup of coffee has around 100 to 150.
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