- China manufacturers 70% of the worlds toys.
- Women were not allowed to vote in France until 1944.
- There are more fake than real flamingos.
- Fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle.
- A bowling pin will fall at a tilt of 7.5 degrees.
- 75% of the U.S.'s tart cherries come from Michigan.
- The name of the popular search engine 'Google' came from a misspelling of the word 'googol', which is a very large number (the number one followed by one hundred zeros to be exact).
- It takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl.
- Crocodiles are colour blind.
- Mexican jumping beans jump to get out of sunlight.
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