- An average person will spend 25 years asleep.
- The golden ratio of approximately 1.618 between two quantities such as lengths often appears in nature (tree branching, uncurling ferns, pine cone arrangements etc) and has been used throughout history to create aesthetically pleasing designs and art works such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
- 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia.
- The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes officially began in 1953.
- You transfer more germs shaking hands than kissing.
- Every square inch of the human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it.
- Kangaroos cannot jump without their tails touching the ground.
- Baby bunnies are called kittens.
- The average cat can jump 5 times as high as its tail is long.
- 'fan' is short for 'fanatic'.
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