- A queen bee can lay up to 3,000 eggs in one day.
- The average age at which America's presidents have taken office is 54.
- You can cut a pie into 8 pieces with only three cuts.
- Ostriches don't bury their heads in sand.
- Cucumbers are 96% water.
- Elevenses is a break for light refreshments taken at 11AM in England.
- There are more skin cancer cases caused by tanning beds than there are lung cancer cases caused by smoking.
- Petrol has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between -82 and -115C (-180 and -240F).
- Catoptrophobia is the fear of mirrors.
- The humming bird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
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