- Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine.
- Sailors once thought wearing gold earrings improved eyesight.
- It is illegal to sing off-key in North Carolina.
- The word 'geometry' comes from the Greek words 'geo', meaning earth, and 'metria', meaning measure.
- Bananas contain no fat, cholesterol or sodium.
- Sponges hold more cold water than hot.
- Snails can sleep for up to three years.
- The dollar values on the board game Monopoly have been the same since 1935.
- Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
- The first paperback book was printed by Penguin Publishing in 1935.
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