- The longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'.
- The first train reached a top speed of only 8 kmh (5 mph).
- The first paperback book was printed by Penguin Publishing in 1935.
- 40% of Amsterdam commuters get to work by bicycle.
- The diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles).
- Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee.
- Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.
- The Taj Mahal in India is made entirely out of marble.
- Most dinosaurs lived to be more than 100 years old.
- The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.
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