- Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys.
- Not all your taste buds are on our tongue (10% are on the insides of you cheeks).
- Elevenses is a break for light refreshments taken at 11AM in England.
- 80% of the world's rose species come from Asia.
- There are over 15,000 different kinds of rice.
- All the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes.
- A blue whale can weigh as much as 30 elephants and as long as 3 large tour buses.
- The most difficult-to-pronounce town is in Wales: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll llantysiliogogogoch.
- Denver sits at 5,280 feet elevation (1 mile above sea level).
- Draughts (checkers) is older than chess.
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