- The Nobel Peace Prize is named for Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.
- A horse's canter is a 3-beat gait. After the third beat all three legs are off the ground.
- A car travelling at 80kph (50mph) uses half its fuel to overcome wind resistance.
- When born a baby giraffe is 1.8m (6ft) tall.
- 1 gigayear = 1,000,000,000,000 years.
- Tennis was originally played with bare hands.
- New Zealands first hospital was opened in 1843.
- Laughing lowers levels of stress and strengthens your immune system.
- The US produces 19% of the world's trash.
- The longest alphabet has 74 letters.
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