- Rio de Janeiro translates to river of January.
- Every year the sun loses 360 million tons.
- The primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas).
- The human body contains 96,000km(59,650miles) of blood vessels.
- OMG was added to dictionaries in 2011, but it's first known use was in 1917.
- The smallest ten prime numbers are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23 and 29.
- Different names for the number 0 include zero, nought, naught, nil, zilch and zip.
- China manufacturers 70% of the worlds toys.
- There are more chickens than people.
- Frogs can't swallow with their eyes open.
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