- The revolving door was invented in 1888.
- Snails take the longest naps with some lasting as long as three years.
- Before 1863 the postal service in the US was free.
- The state of Alabama once financed the construction of a bridge by holding a rooster auction.
- Born in 1953, British mathematician Andrew Wiles is most famous for proving Fermat's Last Theorem.
- More people are killed by hippopotamuses then by lions, elephants and water buffalos combined.
- The US is the world's largest consumer of coffee.
- Even with wings, humans would be unable to fly.
- Bananas grow pointing upwards.
- 'Babe' was played by over 50 pigs.
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