- The average soccer ball is made up of 32 leather panels and held together by 642 stitches.
- A Boeing 747 airliner holds 216,847 litres (57,285 gallons) of fuel.
- The first vacuum was so large, it was brought to a house with horses.
- Chicago is named after smelly garlic that once grew in the area.
- The first place in the world to allow women to vote New Zealand.
- A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.
- The game of Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport from 1900-1920.
- Some dinosaurs had tails over 13m (45 feet) long.
- Blue flames are the hottest, reaching temps up to 3,000 degrees Celsius.
- The number 4 is the only number that has the same number of letters in it.
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