- There are only 3 sets of letters on a keyboard which are in alphabetical order (f g h, j k l, and o p).
- An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
- It takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl.
- Dry ice transforms directly from being a solid to a gas.
- Mexican jumping beans jump to get out of sunlight.
- Peru has more pyramids than Egypt.
- An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
- Men change their minds 2 to 3 times more than women (women tend to take longer to make a decision but once they do they are more likely to stick to it).
- The national animal of Scotland is the Unicorn.
- The expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots).
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