- Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world’s freshwater.
- All the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes.
- The Titanic was built in Belfast.
- Gunpowder is formed by mixing charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur.
- You're more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
- Rio de Janeiro translates to river of January.
- Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
- 13 people die every year from vending machines.
- Rain contains vitamin B12.
- The surface area of your lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court.
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