- Tokyo was once known as Edo.
- The subject of the first printed book in England was about chess.
- A fire will burn faster moving uphill than downhill.
- The average human drinks over 60,566 litres (16,000 gallons) of water in a lifetime.
- Over 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.
- A ten-gallon hat holds less than a gallon of liquid.
- The world's most expensive spice is saffron.
- There are over 97,000 km (60,000 miles) of blood vessels in the average person.
- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
- The average lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years.
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