- Employees of the Vatican pay no income tax.
- Disneyland opened in 1955.
- Hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards.
- The most difficult-to-pronounce town is in Wales: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll llantysiliogogogoch.
- One of the ingredients needed to make dynamite is peanuts.
- Your mouth produces 1 litre of saliva a day.
- The first train reached a top speed of only 8 kmh (5 mph).
- It takes a plastic container over 50,000 years to start decomposing.
- If left in the dark, goldfish may turn a whitish color.
- Moisture (not air) causes super glue to dry.
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