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Banana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as lilies, orchids and palms). Instant mashed potatoes (dehydrated potato flakes) were invented in Canadian in 1962. You can only see a rainbow if you have your back to the sun. Ombrophobia is the fear of rain. The word fortnight is a contraction of the 2 words 'fourteen nights'. Frogs can't swallow with their eyes open. The word 'taxi' is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, and Portuguese. A ten-gallon hat holds less than a gallon of liquid. There are 31,556,926 seconds in a year. Avocados have the most calories of any other fruit. reload more facts