- Dolphin's can detect underwater sounds from 24 km (15 miles) away.
- 8.5 million tons of water evaporates from the Dead Sea every day.
- Antarctica is 98% ice and 2% barren rock.
- The film 'Mary Poppins' was filmed entirely indoors.
- 40% of Amsterdam commuters get to work by bicycle.
- Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee.
- Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year.
- The most common disease is tooth decay.
- That in the 17th century the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places (today to 1.2411 trillion).
- Chevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius.
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