- 93% of households in Denmark consume wine (the highest % in the world with France second with 85% of households).
- The color of a chile pepper is no indication of its heat (usually the smaller the the hotter).
- The word laser stands for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation'.
- The average American will consume over 465 trees worth of paper over their lifetime.
- Over 2,500 left handed people are killed a year from using right handed products.
- The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.
- Tennis was originally played with bare hands.
- A jellyfish is 95% water.
- Brontology is the study of thunder.
- The numerical digits we use today such as 1, 2 and 3 are based on the Hindu-Arabic numeral system developed over 1000 years ago.
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