- If you add up all the numbers from 1 to 100 consecutively (1 + 2 + 3...) it totals 5050.
- The odds of being stuck by lighting is 280,000 to 1.
- Fresh cranberries can be bounced like a rubber ball.
- The word 'uncopyrightable' is the is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating any letter.
- Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.
- A King Cobra is the biggest of all poisonous snakes and can grow to over 4 metres (13 feet) long.
- People in Iceland read more books per capita than any other country.
- The average pool cue is 1.4m (4.75ft) long.
- The human body contains 96,000km(59,650miles) of blood vessels.
- Fresh apples float because they contain 25% air.
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