- In the U.S., there is an official rock, paper, scissors league.
- The little hole in some sinks that lets the water drain out instead of flowing is called a 'porcelator'.
- A Boeing 747 airliner holds 216,847 litres (57,285 gallons) of fuel.
- The subject of the first printed book in England was about chess.
- The brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland.
- The ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food.
- All of the clocks in the movie 'Pulp Fiction' are fixed to 4:20.
- The surface area of your lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court.
- The term 007 was derived from 20007, the home zip code of many Washington, D.C. agents.
- You burn more calories sleeping than watching television.
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