- The word 'karate' means 'empty hand'.
- The average mature oak tree sheds over 700,000 leaves in Autumn.
- Snakes can't bite in rivers or swamps (they would drown otherwise).
- Over 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.
- 10% of with world's food supply is consumed by insects.
- Every ton of recycled paper saves about 17 trees.
- A male baboon can kill a leopard.
- You cannot taste food until mixed with saliva.
- Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz.
- 'underground' is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'.
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