- 45,000 thunderstorms around the world occur every day.
- You can smell a skunk 1.6km (1 mile) away.
- Plastic bottles were first used for soft drinks in 1970.
- Sun light can penetrate clean ocean water up to a depth of 73m (240 feet).
- Bananas grow pointing upwards.
- Finland has the largest number of islands in the world (over 179,550).
- Banana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as lilies, orchids and palms).
- The rarest type of diamond is green.
- 'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy.
- A typical cough is 60 mph while a sneeze is often faster than 100 mph.
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