- Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again.
- The Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps.
- Pinocchio is Italian for 'pine head'.
- Ostrich meat is the leanest of all red meats.
- When lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit).
- Applesauce was the first food eaten in space by astronauts.
- The makers of the board game Monopoly print over 50 billion dollars worth of Monopoly money every year.
- the word typewriter is the longest word that can be typed using only the top row of a keyboard.
- The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes officially began in 1953.
- The odds of being stuck by lighting is 280,000 to 1.
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