- The first flight traveled at less than 7 mph (ground speed).
- The name of the popular search engine 'Google' came from a misspelling of the word 'googol', which is a very large number (the number one followed by one hundred zeros to be exact).
- In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas.
- The 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English.
- Laughing lowers levels of stress and strengthens your immune system.
- Christmas trees originated from Germany.
- The word 'karate' means 'empty hand'.
- A pigeon's feathers are heavier than its bones.
- Polar bears can smell a seal from 20 miles away.
- The first paperback book was printed by Penguin Publishing in 1935.
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