- According to manufacturer Spalding the average lifespan of an NBA basketball is 10,000 bounces.
- The ball on top of a flag pole is called the truck.
- Dendrophobia is the fear of trees.
- The original design of Monopoly was circular.
- Rats and mice are ticklish, and even laugh when tickled.
- Orienteering originated from Sweden.
- A panda is not a bear and actually in the raccoon family. Koalas are marsupials.
- Crocodiles are responsible for over a 1,000 deaths each year by the Banks of the Nile river.
- The first English dictionary was written in 1755.
- The first rugby club was formed in 1843.
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