- Coca Cola launched its 3rd product Sprite in 1961.
- The D.C. in Washington D.C. stands for District of Columbia.
- As a world commodity coffee is second only to oil.
- The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand.
- The first drug that was sold as a water soluble tablet was aspirin in 1900.
- Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.
- The ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food.
- People in Iceland read more books per capita than any other country.
- Your brain uses 10 watts of energy to think and does not feel pain.
- Different names for the number 0 include zero, nought, naught, nil, zilch and zip.
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