- Japanese people don't have middle names.
- Goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light.
- Humans can encourage precipitation with cloud seeding.
- The expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots).
- More than 75% of all countries are north of the equator.
- Butterflies taste with their back feet.
- In the 17th century Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler made important discoveries relating to planetary motion and orbits.
- The ideal temperature to fall asleep is between 18-30c (64-86f).
- Your feet typically produce a pint of sweat every single day.
- A housefly hums in the key of F.
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