- The number 4 is the only number that has the same number of letters in it.
- In the Middle Ages, chicken soup was considered an aphrodisiac.
- The most difficult-to-pronounce town is in Wales: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll llantysiliogogogoch.
- Flamingos turn pink from eating shrimp.
- The word 'karate' means 'empty hand'.
- 80% of the world's rose species come from Asia.
- The average person spends two weeks of their life waiting at traffic lights.
- The only thing that can destroy a diamond is intense heat.
- You can't trademark surnames.
- The Greek national anthem has 158 verses.
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