- The word laser stands for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation'.
- Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'.
- There are more chickens than people in the world.
- 52% of Americans drink coffee.
- Isaac Newton invented the cat door.
- A panda is not a bear and actually in the raccoon family. Koalas are marsupials.
- A group of whales is called a pod.
- Spiny lobsters migrate in groups of 50 or more, forming a conga line on the ocean floor.
- M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie.
- The human eye can detect more shades of green that any other colour.
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