- In 2015, the Oxford word of the year was the tears of joy emoji.
- Draughts (checkers) is older than chess.
- It takes 1,100 watts to power a toaster.
- The ice cream cone was introduced in 1904.
- Dairy cows drink up to 50 gallons of water per day.
- 30% of people refuse to sit on a public toilet seats.
- Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
- When water freezes it expans by 9%.
- A Boeing 747 airliner holds 216,847 litres (57,285 gallons) of fuel.
- Ocean algae produces about 75 percent of the world's oxygen.
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