- The first train reached a top speed of only 8 kmh (5 mph).
- You're more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
- Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.
- Phantom rain are raindrops that never reach the ground.
- Americans throw away 44 million newspapers a day.
- The most valuable nutrients of a potato are its skin.
- Chicken drumsticks contain the least amount of meat on a chicken.
- It takes 1,100 watts to power a toaster.
- Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.
- A full moon is nine times brighter than a half moon.
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