- There are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo.
- Sharks have been on Earth for over 400 million years.
- Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
- In the Middle Ages, chicken soup was considered an aphrodisiac.
- Gunpowder is formed by mixing charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur.
- Myrmecophobia is the fear of ants.
- Venetian blinds were invented in Japan.
- Different names for the number 0 include zero, nought, naught, nil, zilch and zip.
- Bamboo makes up 99% of a panda's diet.
- Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
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