- The croissant was invented in Austria.
- A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
- Men have 10% more red blood cells than women.
- Giraffes have no vocal cords.
- Alan Turing was a British mathematician and computer scientist who cracked German ciphers (codes) in the Second World War, contributed to mathematical logic and played an important role in the development of algorithms, artificial intelligence and the modern computer.
- Antarctica is home to the largest desert in the world.
- It is impossible to sneeze while you are sleeping.
- An average person will spend 25 years asleep.
- You will experience the billionth seconds of your life when you are 31 years old.
- As a world commodity coffee is second only to oil.
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