- The corkscrew was invented in 1890.
- Orange Fanta is the 3rd largest selling soft drink in the world.
- Orienteering originated from Sweden.
- The ball on top of a flag pole is called the truck.
- The surface area of your lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court.
- The word fortnight is a contraction of the 2 words 'fourteen nights'.
- One is the only number with letters in reverse alphabetical order.
- Petrol has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between -82 and -115C (-180 and -240F).
- Horses sleep standing up.
- Horses have 18 more bones than humans.
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