- Hilton was the first international hotel chain.
- The coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity.
- Ostrich meat is the leanest of all red meats.
- Mount Everest is bigger now than the last time it was measured.
- Spiders have transparent blood.
- 8% of people have an extra rib.
- Pinocchio is Italian for 'pine head'.
- In zero gravity, a candle's flame may appear circular and blue.
- It is against the law to put pretzels in bags in Philadelphia.
- 44% of people have broken a bone.
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