- Employees of the Vatican pay no income tax.
- The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
- Caterpillars have over 2,000 muscles.
- 75% of the U.S.'s tart cherries come from Michigan.
- Ice skating rinks always go counter clock wise (for the majority of people that are right handed needing to hang onto the rail).
- In Africa more people are killed by crocodiles than lions.
- There are more skin cancer cases caused by tanning beds than there are lung cancer cases caused by smoking.
- Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
- The first crossword puzzle appeared in 1913.
- Japanese people don't have middle names.
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