- Heat, not sunlight, ripens tomatoes.
- The word 'almost' is the longest word spelt alphabetically.
- The Taj Mahal in India is made entirely out of marble.
- There are 70 million sheep in New Zealand (with 4 million people).
- Hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal.
- No two spider webs are the same.
- An alligator can go through 3,000 teeth in a lifetime. .
- The supersonic Concorde jet made its first trial flight on January 1st 1969.
- Cows can walk up stairs but not down them.
- The algae found in the world's oceans produces nearly 50% of the world's oxygen.
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