- According to manufacturer Spalding the average lifespan of an NBA basketball is 10,000 bounces.
- Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
- 9% of people skip breakfast daily.
- That in the 17th century the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places (today to 1.2411 trillion).
- A bear in hibernation loses up to 25% of its body weight.
- That after petrol, coffee is the largest item bought and sold.
- Penguins are only found in the southern hemisphere primarily in Antarctica (excluding zoos above the equator).
- The fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco.
- There is a 50% chance that in a group of 23 people, two will share the same birthday. In a group of 367 people, it is a 100% chance. But only 70 people are required for a 99.9% chance.
- 10M bricks were used to build the Empire State Building.
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