- Over 550 hot dogs are eaten every second in the United States.
- The Titanic was built in Belfast.
- Artificial Christmas trees have outsold real ones every year since 1991.
- Rice is the staple food for 50% of the worlds population.
- House cats have 18 claws.
- The symbols used for addition (+) and subtraction (-) have been around for thousands of years but it wasn't until the 16th century that most mathematical symbols were invented. Before this time math equations were written in words, making it very time consuming.
- Some dinosaurs had tails over 13m (45 feet) long.
- Folklore states that if you split a double strawberry in half and share it with the opposite sex, you'll soon fall in love.
- An octopus pupil is rectangular.
- Elephants are afraid of bees.
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