- Indonesia is made up of more than 17,000 islands.
- A housefly hums in the key of F.
- Cheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats.
- Artificial Christmas trees have outsold real ones every year since 1991.
- Petrol has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between -82 and -115C (-180 and -240F).
- There are over 320 species of parrots.
- Nintendo first produced playing cards.
- The word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel.
- The wheelbarrow is invented in China.
- The Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps.
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