- Kangaroos can't walk backwards.
- The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes officially began in 1953.
- All pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin.
- MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge.
- There are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on earth.
- Polar bears have black skin.
- Melophobia is the fear of music.
- The yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines.
- A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue.
- Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space.
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