- The average raindrop weighs less than an eyelash.
- Clothes dried outside smell better because of a process called photolysis (sunlight breaks down compounds that cause odor).
- A bear in hibernation loses up to 25% of its body weight.
- The yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines.
- 53% of women don't leave home without makeup on.
- Orienteering originated from Sweden.
- Cars were first started with ignition keys in 1949.
- A lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue.
- The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturdays.
- The original design of Monopoly was circular.
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