- M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie.
- Snakes can't blink.
- You have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more calories than an apple).
- The dishwasher was invented in 1889.
- Elephants are the only mammal that can't jump.
- Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
- Over 550 hot dogs are eaten every second in the United States.
- Some dinosaurs had tails over 13m (45 feet) long.
- Early sunscreens included ingredients like rice bran oil, iron, clay, and tar.
- 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia.
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