- 22% of people skip lunch daily.
- Out of the 250+ known species of shark only 18 are known to be dangerous to man.
- A group of whales is called a pod.
- There is 200 times more gold in the world's oceans than has been mined.
- Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee.
- The familiar smell of rain is called petrichor.
- There are over 7,000 different types of apples.
- There are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous).
- Squids can have eyes the size of a volleyball.
- A blue whale can weigh as much as 30 elephants and as long as 3 large tour buses.
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