- The film 'Mary Poppins' was filmed entirely indoors.
- Each time you see a full moon you always see the same side.
- Bamboo makes up 99% of a panda's diet.
- Raindrops are not tear shaped (they more resemble the shape of a tiny hamburger bun).
- DVDs are physically the same size as a CDs but can store 13 times more data.
- Helminthophobia is the fear of worms.
- Each red blood cell lives an average of 4 months and travels between the lungs and other tissue 75,000 times before returning to bone marrow to die.
- Out of the 250+ known species of shark only 18 are known to be dangerous to man.
- The water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink.
- Diamonds are the hardest substance known to man.
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