- The Amazon rainforest produces half the world's oxygen supply.
- Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk.
- Due to gravitational effects you weigh is slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
- M*A*S*H stood for 'Mobile Army Surgical Hospital'.
- Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.
- The first parachute jump from plane was in 1918 over France.
- Bali has the worlds largest variety of flora.
- The word 'karate' means 'empty hand'.
- The world's first paved streets were laid in Rome in 170 B.C.
- Tomatoes are considered both fruits and vegetablesu2014the answer depends on whom you ask.
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