- Human eyes have over two million working parts.
- The teeth of a viperfish are so sharp and long that if it closed its mouth with the teeth inside, it would pierce its brain.
- Pound cake got its name from the original recipe which called for a pound of butter.
- Elevenses is a break for light refreshments taken at 11AM in England.
- Caterpillars have over 2,000 muscles.
- Here is Pi written to 100 decimal places:
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751
058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679.
- The first train reached a top speed of only 8 kmh (5 mph).
- The Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
- Employees of the Vatican pay no income tax.
- Strawberries contain more vitamin C than oranges.
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