- In South Korea, it is against the rules for a professional baseball player to wear cabbage leaves inside of his hat.
- 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia.
- The official state gem of Washington is petrified wood.
- Birds cannot live in space because they need gravity to be able to swallow.
- Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
- 1/4 of the bones in your body are in your feet.
- Some perfumes actually have whale poo in them.
- Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than air.
- Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.
- Flightless birds, like the penguin, could once fly.
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