- A cat's nose is ridged with a unique pattern, just like a human fingerprint.
- The bigger the orange the sweeter sweeter it is.
- The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.
- A bolt of lightning can reach roughly 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Early tales of leprechauns reported red clothing.
- Birds cannot live in space because they need gravity to be able to swallow.
- Fresh cranberries can be bounced like a rubber ball.
- The average human drinks over 60,566 litres (16,000 gallons) of water in a lifetime.
- There are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous).
- Cars were first started with ignition keys in 1949.
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