- If you filled a matchbox with gold it could be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
- Fingernails grow faster than toenails.
- Grasshoppers have white blood.
- The ice cream cone was introduced in 1904.
- Venus is the only planet to rotate clockwise.
- Jousting is the official sport of Maryland.
- The average woman will consume over 2.7kg (6 pounds) of lipstick in their lifetime.
- Sponges hold more cold water than hot.
- 1 square inch of human skin contains 625 sweat glands.
- The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific.
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