- Banana plants can grow as high as 6 meters (20 feet) tall.
- What comes after a million, billion and trillion? A quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, nonillion, decillion and undecillion.
- Are you terrified that a duck is watching you? Some people are. That is anatidaephobia.
- It is impossible to sneeze while you are sleeping.
- Ants won't cross a chalk line.
- Rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated.
- Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans which go into the production of chocolate.
- Water can boil and freeze at the same time.
- You might have heard the word 'infinity' before or seen its symbol that looks like the number 8 placed on its side. Infinity means a limitless quantity or something that goes on forever. While it's not really a number like 1, 2 or 3, infinity is often used in math as part of equations and formulas.
- By age 60 most people would have lost half of their taste buds.
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