- Pound cake got its name from the original recipe which called for a pound of butter.
- Crocodiles continually grow new sets of teeth to replace old ones.
- Snakes can't blink.
- If you could drive your car upwards, you would be in space in less than an hour.
- Clinophobia is the fear of going to bed.
- Over 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.
- 1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.
- Gunpowder is formed by mixing charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur.
- All the people on Earth could fit into a 1 km cube.
- Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18.
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