- The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.
- Diamonds are the hardest natural substance.
- A pip is one of the spots on die or domino.
- Onions are part of the lily family.
- In 1634, Tulip bulbs were a form of currency in Holland.
- The world's biggest pyramid is not in Egypt, but in Mexico.
- Walruses are true party animals; they can go without sleep for 84 hours.
- 'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters.
- Sound travels 4.3 times faster through water than in air.
- The Fibonacci sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, ....
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