- Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
- Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans which go into the production of chocolate.
- 45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star.
- A camel can drink 25 gallons of water in less than three minutes.
- No rain fell in Iquique, Chile, for 14 years.
- The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturdays.
- Denver sits at 5,280 feet elevation (1 mile above sea level).
- A connected bunch of bananas is called a hand and individual bananas are called fingers.
- Employees of the Vatican pay no income tax.
- Bees and house flies flap their wings 200 times a second.
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