- 70% of all Irish barley grown goes towards the production of Guinness beer.
- Polar bears can smell a seal from 20 miles away.
- Brazil borders every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador.
- Over 500 meteorites hit the Earth each year.
- The word 'uncopyrightable' is the is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating any letter.
- There are over 97,000 km (60,000 miles) of blood vessels in the average person.
- Alan Turing was a British mathematician and computer scientist who cracked German ciphers (codes) in the Second World War, contributed to mathematical logic and played an important role in the development of algorithms, artificial intelligence and the modern computer.
- Carrots contain 0% fat.
- Gorillas can't swim.
- Armadillos can walk underwater.
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