- Before 1850 golf balls were made of leather and were stuffed with feathers.
- Wine is sold in tinted bottles because it spoils when exposed to light.
- The most common injury in ten pin bowling is a sore thumb.
- The term 007 was derived from 20007, the home zip code of many Washington, D.C. agents.
- Sponges hold more cold water than hot.
- The middle finger has the fastest growing nail.
- Over 5 million people in Brazil are employed in the coffee industry.
- The rarest type of diamond is green.
- There are 2 credit cards for every person in the US.
- A bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second.
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