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Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year. You shed a complete layer of skin every 4 weeks. The most eaten fruit in America is the banana. The golden ratio of approximately 1.618 between two quantities such as lengths often appears in nature (tree branching, uncurling ferns, pine cone arrangements etc) and has been used throughout history to create aesthetically pleasing designs and art works such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The game of basketball was first played using a soccer ball and two peach baskets. Humans shed and regrow outer skin cells every 27 days (almost 1,000 new skins in a lifetime). The water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink. EMI awards stands for 'Electrical and Musical Instruments'. Male humpback whales can sing up to half an hour nonstop and even mimic other whale songs. The first paperback book was printed by Penguin Publishing in 1935. reload more facts