- Horses sleep standing up.
- Originally in 1886 Coca Cola was introduced as an 'intellectual beverage' to boost brain power.
- A chameleons tongue is twice the length of its body.
- All of the cobble stones used to line the streets in New York were originally stones found in the hulls of Belgian ships ballast.
- There are more tigers owned by Americans than in the wild worldwide.
- Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz.
- 'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy.
- Coconuts kill over 150 people each year (more than sharks).
- You're more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
- The first English dictionary was written in 1755.
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