- Only 4 out of 20,000 species of bees produce honey.
- All pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin.
- Koalas and humans are the only animals with unique fingerprints.
- Different names for the number 0 include zero, nought, naught, nil, zilch and zip.
- Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
- The opposite of a 'vacuum' is a 'plenum'.
- Salt used to be a currency.
- There are 2.5 million times more ants on earth than people (20 quadrillion of them).
- Asparagus can grow up to 7 inches in a day.
- Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz.
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