- The water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink.
- England's first great industry was wool.
- The total mass of ants on the planet would actually outweigh all of the world’s wild birds and mammals.
- Your head contains 22 bones.
- If you filled a matchbox with gold it could be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
- The first toothbrush was invented in 1498.
- In the Middle Ages, chicken soup was considered an aphrodisiac.
- Snakes can see even with their eyes closed.
- Turnips turn green when sunburnt.
- Sailors once thought wearing gold earrings improved eyesight.
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