- Mountain lions can whistle.
- The average elephant produces 22kg (50 pounds) of dunn each day.
- Sun light can penetrate clean ocean water up to a depth of 73m (240 feet).
- 70% of all Irish barley grown goes towards the production of Guinness beer.
- The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand.
- Russia and the United States of America are less than 3 miles apart.
- The official state gem of Washington is petrified wood.
- In 1878 the first telephone book made contained only 50 names.
- All the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes.
- Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans which go into the production of chocolate.
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