- Not all your taste buds are on our tongue (10% are on the insides of you cheeks).
- No rain fell in Iquique, Chile, for 14 years.
- Born in 1882, Emmy Noether was a German mathematician who made important contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics, described by Einstein as the most important woman in the history of mathematics.
- Tree hugging is forbidden in china.
- Zoophobia is the fear of animals.
- In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas.
- DVDs are physically the same size as a CDs but can store 13 times more data.
- The first paperback book was printed by Penguin Publishing in 1935.
- In American supermarkets peanut butter is one of the most frequently purchased items.
- The world's first roller coaster opened in 1884 at Coney Island New York.
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