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The lifespan of a taste bud is about ten days. Bananas contain no fat, cholesterol or sodium. Opposite faces of dice always add up to 7. The odds of being struck by lightning are one in 15,300 in your lifetime. You burn more calories sleeping than watching television. 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia. In 1900 the average life span in the US was 47. The golden ratio of approximately 1.618 between two quantities such as lengths often appears in nature (tree branching, uncurling ferns, pine cone arrangements etc) and has been used throughout history to create aesthetically pleasing designs and art works such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The oldest cockroach fossils are over 280 million years old. The ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food. reload more facts