- In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
- The teeth of a viperfish are so sharp and long that if it closed its mouth with the teeth inside, it would pierce its brain.
- The Fibonacci sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, ....
- Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys.
- The first sport to be filmed was boxing in 1894.
- Hippophobia is the fear of horses.
- Dolphin's can detect underwater sounds from 24 km (15 miles) away.
- There are 132 rooms in the US White House.
- Polar bears are strictly carnivores.
- Rice is the staple food for 50% of the worlds population.
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