- 72% of people eavesdrop.
- An avocado is actually a large berry.
- Iceland consumes more Coca Cola than any other country.
- Household dust is made of dead skin cells.
- A Greek mathematician named Euclid who lived around the year 300 BC is often referred to as the 'Father of Geometry' for his amazing geometry works that included the influential 'Elements', which remained the main textbook for teaching mathematics until around the early 20th century.
- The ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food.
- The word 'uncopyrightable' is the is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating any letter.
- Dolphins can hear underwater sounds from 24km (15miles) away.
- An average person will spend 25 years asleep.
- The water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink.
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