- Cotton can catch fire with enough super glue applied.
- The dollar was established as the official currency of the US in 1785.
- You can cut a pie into 8 pieces with only three cuts.
- The odds of being struck by lightning are one in 15,300 in your lifetime.
- A compass needle does not point directly north.
- The first paperback book was printed by Penguin Publishing in 1935.
- The typical wave height from Pacific tsunami is between 6 - 9 metres.
- The spiral shapes of sunflowers follow the Fibonacci sequence.
- Mangoes have noses.
- Tachophobia is the fear of speed.
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