- Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than air.
- The worlds smallest bird is the 'bee hummingbird' found in Cuba.
- Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick.
- The average pool cue is 1.4m (4.75ft) long.
- Acorns are poisonous to humans (if eaten it can cause damage to your kidneys).
- On your birthday you share it with 9 million others.
- The first parachute jump from plane was in 1918 over France.
- The first drug that was sold as a water soluble tablet was aspirin in 1900.
- 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.
- Toads only eat moving prey.
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