- Pinocchio is Italian for 'pine head'.
- Only 4 out of 20,000 species of bees produce honey.
- The familiar smell of rain is called petrichor.
- Sun light can penetrate clean ocean water up to a depth of 73m (240 feet).
- Nintendo first produced playing cards.
- When lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit).
- The national animal of Scotland is the Unicorn.
- Australia has the largest sheep population.
- You are always looking at your nose, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
- Jousting is the official sport of Maryland.
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