- Over 2,500 left handed people are killed a year from using right handed products.
- 45,000 thunderstorms around the world occur every day.
- 1 nautical knot equates to 1.852 Kph (1.150 mph).
- 40% of Amsterdam commuters get to work by bicycle.
- Plants, like humans, can run a fever if they are sick.
- The wheelbarrow is invented in China.
- The average mature oak tree sheds over 700,000 leaves in Autumn.
- There are more saunas than cars in Finland.
- Between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney was awarded 35 Oscars.
- The humming bird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
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