- The Nobel Peace Prize is named for Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.
- It takes a plastic container over 50,000 years to start decomposing.
- The longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles).
- The Arctic Ocean is the smallest in the world.
- The yoke of an Ostrich egg is the largest cell in the world.
- A hard boiled eggs spin (uncooked or soft boiled don't).
- You can only see a rainbow if you have your back to the sun.
- Sharks can sense a drop of blood from 4km (2.5miles) away.
- 2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey.
- Spain's largest source of income is from tourism.
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