- 45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star.
- A pelican can hold more food in its beak than its belly.
- Australia has 10,685 beaches; you could visit a new beach every day for more than 29 years.
- The first place in the world to allow women to vote New Zealand.
- Ablutophobia is the fear of bathing.
- The makers of the board game Monopoly print over 50 billion dollars worth of Monopoly money every year.
- The first crossword puzzle appeared in 1913.
- Every ton of recycled paper saves about 17 trees.
- It was once illegal to slam your car door in Switzerland.
- The Giant Pacific Octopus can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size of its beak.
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