- Norway once knighted a penguin.
- The 50-star flag was designed for a high school class assignment.
- Diamonds are the hardest substance known to man.
- All of the cobble stones used to line the streets in New York were originally stones found in the hulls of Belgian ships ballast.
- Venetian blinds were invented in Japan.
- Camels can drink 94 litres (25 gallons) of water in less than 3 minutes.
- A jellyfish is 95% water.
- The first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON.
- Birds can sleep with one eye open.
- By age 60 most people would have lost half of their taste buds.
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