- Cows don't have upper front teeth.
- Sailors once thought wearing gold earrings improved eyesight.
- There are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous).
- A camel can shut its nostrils during a desert sandstorm.
- Before 1850 golf balls were made of leather and were stuffed with feathers.
- A flipped coin is more likely to land on the side it started on.
- Every year over 98% of atoms in your body are replaced.
- You might have heard the word 'infinity' before or seen its symbol that looks like the number 8 placed on its side. Infinity means a limitless quantity or something that goes on forever. While it's not really a number like 1, 2 or 3, infinity is often used in math as part of equations and formulas.
- MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge.
- It takes 110 silkworm cocoons to make an average tie.
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