- Banana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as lilies, orchids and palms).
- There are more chickens than people.
- Hummingbirds can't walk.
- Norway once knighted a penguin.
- All snakes are carnivorous.
- Over 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.
- All of the cobble stones used to line the streets in New York were originally stones found in the hulls of Belgian ships ballast.
- The average raindrop takes 2 minutes to hit the ground.
- The dollar values on the board game Monopoly have been the same since 1935.
- Months that start on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th.
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