- 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia.
- Acrophobia is the fear of heights.
- The water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink.
- John Cadbury founded the Cadbury chocolate company in England in 1842 producing the first chocolate bars.
- The Sun has a diameter of 1,390,176km (864,000miles).
- A crocodile can't stick out its tongue.
- Adult humans are the only mammal that can't breathe and swallow at the same time.
- Bees can see ultraviolet light.
- Sharks have been on Earth for over 400 million years.
- More people die from falling coconuts then from shark attacks.
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