- If you filled a matchbox with gold it could be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
- The greyhound is the fastest dog and can reach speeds of up to 72kph (45mph).
- The odds of being struck by lightning are 600,000 to 1.
- Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
- The typewriter was invented in 1829.
- You can smell a skunk 1.6km (1 mile) away.
- There are over 10 trillion living cells in the human body.
- There are 31,556,926 seconds in a year.
- It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa.
- Diamonds mined in Brazil are much harder than those found in Africa.
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