- Walruses are true party animals; they can go without sleep for 84 hours.
- Europe is the only continent without a desert.
- A fifteen-year-old boy invented earmuffs in 1873.
- In 1642 French mathematician Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical calculator.
- 'fan' is short for 'fanatic'.
- The yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines.
- There is a pink lake in Australia named Lake Hillier.
- The Great Wall of China is approximately 6,430 Km long (3,995 miles).
- The film 'Mary Poppins' was filmed entirely indoors.
- Cows can walk up stairs but not down them.
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