- There are more saunas than cars in Finland.
- 42% of men and women 25% don't wash their hands after using a public toilet.
- There are over 100 different viruses that cause the common cold.
- Halley's comet passes the Earth every 76 years (the next time it will return will be 2062).
- You have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more calories than an apple).
- Cats have over 100 vocal chords.
- Chinese mathematics developed around the 11th century BC and included important concepts related to negative numbers, decimals, algebra and geometry.
- A group of whales is called a pod.
- Camels have 3 eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
- There are over 225,000 trees in New York's Central Park.
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