- A human being could swim through the blood vessels of a blue whale.
- Emus can't walk backwards.
- That you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become).
- A group of goats is called a trip.
- The hydrochloric acid found in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve a nail.
- Dark roasted coffee beans contain less caffeine than medium roasted ones (the longer a coffee is roasted the more caffeine is burns off).
- Your big toe only has 2 bones and the rest have 3.
- Termites eat through wood 2 times faster when listening to rock music.
- A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation (Death can occur about 10 days without sleep while starvation takes a few weeks).
- Coffee is generally roasted between 204 - 218C (400 - 425F) (the longer the beans are roasted the darker the roast).
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