- A honeybee's top speed is 24kph (15mph).
- The vocabulary of the average person is between 5,000 to 6,000 words.
- A compass needle does not point directly north.
- Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18.
- In 1900 the average life span in the US was 47.
- The tongue is the fastest healing part of a human body.
- The word denim comes from 'de Nimes' or from Nimes which is a town in France.
- Crocodiles swallow rocks to help them dive deeper.
- Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year.
- There are more tigers owned by Americans than in the wild worldwide.
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