- Frogs can't swallow with their eyes open.
- The oldest word in the English language is 'town'.
- A pumpkin really is a fruit.
- Minus 40C is exactly the same temperature as minus 40F.
- The coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity.
- Rio de Janeiro translates to river of January.
- Amathophobia is the fear of dust.
- More people are killed by hippopotamuses then by lions, elephants and water buffalos combined.
- A 15th anniversary is called a quindecennial.
- When you look at a bright sky and see white dots, you are looking at your blood. Those are white blood cells.
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