- Butterflies taste with their back feet.
- You can buy square watermelons in Japan (developed to stack better in supermarkets).
- A group of whales is called a pod.
- Polar bears are strictly carnivores.
- The 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English.
- The yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines.
- The corkscrew was invented in 1890.
- Britain was the first country to use postage stamps.
- The first credit card was a Diner's Club card issued in 1950.
- Australia is the only country that is also a continent.
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