- When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less.
- Venus is the only planet to rotate clockwise.
- It was once illegal to slam your car door in Switzerland.
- Asparagus can grow up to 7 inches in a day.
- The average raindrop takes 2 minutes to hit the ground.
- The number 1 cause of blindness in the US is diabetes.
- While you sleep you can't smell anything, even really, really bad or potent smells.
- Police dogs are trained to respond to commands in foreign languages (usually German or Hungarian).
- The doorbell was invented in 1831.
- You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than any other.
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