- Sun light can penetrate clean ocean water up to a depth of 73m (240 feet).
- A camel can drink 25 gallons of water in less than three minutes.
- Humans can encourage precipitation with cloud seeding.
- Mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes.
- A pearl can be dissolved by vinegar.
- 96% of candles sold are purchased by women.
- The longest alphabet has 74 letters.
- Different names for the number 0 include zero, nought, naught, nil, zilch and zip.
- A male baboon can kill a leopard.
- Pop corn was invented by the Aztec Indians.
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