- Glass balls can bounce higher than rubber ones.
- The longest attack of hiccups lasted 68 years.
- A group of owls is called a parliament.
- A duck can't walk without bobbing its head.
- 80% of the world's rose species come from Asia.
- Asparagus can grow up to 7 inches in a day.
- There is 200 times more gold in the world's oceans than has been mined.
- Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz.
- Oxygen supply influences the color of a fire's flame.
- The first sailing boats were built in Egypt.
|