- Ombrophobia is the fear of rain.
- Lion's can't roar until the age of 2.
- A cheetahs top speed is 114kph (70mph).
- The average bed contains over 6 billion dust mites.
- A baby fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks.
- A humming bird flaps its wings up to 90 times a second (5,400 times a minute).
- Gunpowder is formed by mixing charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur.
- Mercury and Venus are the only planets in our solar system with no moon.
- Bats are the only mammals that fly.
- Coffee represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the US.
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