- The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets.
- The word denim comes from 'de Nimes' or from Nimes which is a town in France.
- Asparagus can grow up to 7 inches in a day.
- Men change their minds 2 to 3 times more than women (women tend to take longer to make a decision but once they do they are more likely to stick to it).
- The longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'.
- Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk.
- The moon is 27% the size of the Earth.
- Bees and house flies flap their wings 200 times a second.
- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
- The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years.
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