- That after petrol, coffee is the largest item bought and sold.
- A pigeon's feathers are heavier than its bones.
- The ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food.
- Over 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.
- Jellyfish don't have brains.
- Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.
- Crocodiles are responsible for over a 1,000 deaths each year by the Banks of the Nile river.
- Shrimps are all born male but slowly grow into females.
- The Dead Sea is actually an inland lake.
- The word 'uncopyrightable' is the is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating any letter.
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