- Australia is the richest source of mineral sands in the world
- The sound of ET walking in the movie was made by a woman squishing her hands in jelly
- For every 230 cars made, 1 will be stolen
- The average human loses about 200 head hairs per day
- In English, four is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value
- The word ‘lethologica’ describes the state of not being able to remember what you want
- Between 25-35% of the population sneeze when exposed to light
- The book that the Statue of Liberty holds is a tabula ansata (tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
- The largest known black hole named S50014+81 is 40 billion times heavier than our sun
- In ancient Rome, when a man ‘testified in court, he swore on his testicles
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