- Petrol has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between -82 and -115C (-180 and -240F).
- The 100 folds in a chef's hat represent the 100 ways to cook an egg.
- An astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space (the cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity).
- Moisture (not air) causes super glue to dry.
- Britain was the first country to use postage stamps.
- Cats can jump up to 7 times their tail length.
- Platypuses are venomous.
- Different names for the number 0 include zero, nought, naught, nil, zilch and zip.
- Fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle.
- Mountain lions can whistle.
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