- Antarctica is home to the largest desert in the world.
- On average 22% of all restaurant meals include potato chips.
- That after petrol, coffee is the largest item bought and sold.
- The color of a chile pepper is no indication of its heat (usually the smaller the the hotter).
- A moth has no stomach.
- Camels are born without humps.
- A snail can sleep for 3 years.
- Turnips turn green when sunburnt.
- The meaning of 'Blue Chip' comes from blue casino chips which have a high value.
- Born in 1777, German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss contributed brilliant work in geometry, statistics, number theories, algebra and much more.
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