- Australia is the only country that is also a continent.
- 80% of all people hit by lightning are men.
- New York was once called New Amsterdam.
- Banana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as lilies, orchids and palms).
- Squirrels lose more than half of the nuts they hide.
- German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz lived between 1646 and 1716, developing important calculus concepts and mathematical notation practices.
- Turnips turn green when sunburnt.
- The Earth is struck by lightning over 100 times every second.
- By age 60 most people would have lost half of their taste buds.
- Earth is the only known planet where fire occurs.
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