- A pumpkin really is a fruit.
- The little hole in some sinks that lets the water drain out instead of flowing is called a 'porcelator'.
- Goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light.
- A group of whales is called a pod.
- You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than any other.
- Your feet typically produce a pint of sweat every single day.
- What comes after a million, billion and trillion? A quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, nonillion, decillion and undecillion.
- The word utopia u2013 an ideal place u2013 ironically comes from a Greek word meaning u201cno place.u201d.
- Antarctica is home to the largest desert in the world.
- Norway once knighted a penguin.
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