- If you could drive your car upwards, you would be in space in less than an hour.
- Oak trees don't produce acorns until they are 50 years old.
- U.S. paper currency isn't made of paper u2013 it's actually a blend of cotton and linen.
- When a member of a whale group is sick or injured, other whales will push it up to the surface of the water to help it breathe.
- The most common Spanish surname is Garcia.
- Not a single number has the letter "b" in it until you reach a billion.
- Astronauts can't burp in space.
- Turnips turn green when sunburnt.
- Over 500 meteorites hit the Earth each year.
- It is illegal in the United Kingdom to handle salmon in suspicious circumstances.
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