- Banana plants can grow as high as 6 meters (20 feet) tall.
- Dark roasted coffee beans contain less caffeine than medium roasted ones (the longer a coffee is roasted the more caffeine is burns off).
- There are 2,598,960 possible hands in a 5 card poker game.
- The lifespan of a taste bud is about ten days.
- A duck can't walk without bobbing its head.
- Blue and white are the most common school colors.
- The Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs.
- Hilton was the first international hotel chain.
- The drinking straw was invented in 1886.
- Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.
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