- DVDs are physically the same size as a CDs but can store 13 times more data.
- Coca Cola was founded by Joseph A Biedenharn.
- Australia was originally called New Holland.
- The longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'.
- 2 out of 5 people marry their first love.
- Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than air.
- There are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous).
- Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.
- The first vacuum was so large, it was brought to a house with horses.
- Originally in 1886 Coca Cola was introduced as an 'intellectual beverage' to boost brain power.
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