- The average person swallows 295 times during a meal.
- The typical wave height from Pacific tsunami is between 6 - 9 metres.
- A human being could swim through the blood vessels of a blue whale.
- The color of a chile pepper is no indication of its heat (usually the smaller the the hotter).
- Fresh apples float because they contain 25% air.
- Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick.
- The movie Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make with $5 million going towards actor's salaries.
- Tokyo was once known as Edo.
- You burn more calories sleeping than watching television.
- A 15th anniversary is called a quindecennial.
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