- The word 'uncopyrightable' is the is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating any letter.
- It takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl.
- Strawberries taste sweeter at room temperature.
- The first parachute jump from plane was in 1918 over France.
- The human eye can detect more shades of green that any other colour.
- Icelandic phone books are listed by first names (not surnames).
- Jellyfish can clone themselves.
- Humans shed and regrow outer skin cells every 27 days (almost 1,000 new skins in a lifetime).
- You take over 23,000 breaths everyday.
- The word 'almost' is the longest word spelt alphabetically.
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