- All the people on Earth could fit into a 1 km cube.
- That after petrol, coffee is the largest item bought and sold.
- You have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more calories than an apple).
- When recognising a persons face you use the right side of your brain.
- African elephants only have 4 teeth.
- The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
- Not a single number has the letter "b" in it until you reach a billion.
- Born in 1953, British mathematician Andrew Wiles is most famous for proving Fermat's Last Theorem.
- The Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs.
- The first parachute jump from plane was in 1918 over France.
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