The English FOUR is the only number which has the same number of letters as its value.
During their lifetime, the average person walks the equivalent of about 5 times round the world.
There are over 24,000 species of butterfly in the world and over 140,000 moths.
Some moths never eat anything as adults. They don't have mouths and they rely on the energy they stored as caterpillars.
Duelling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both people are registered blood donors.
All the clocks in 'Pulp Fiction' are stuck on 4:20.
The toothbrush was invented in China in 1498.
Ghosts appear in 4 Shakespeare plays. 'Julius Caesar', 'Richard III', 'Hamlet' and 'Macbeth'.
90% of New York City's cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
The Vatican City is the worlds smallest city with a population of 1000 and just 108.7 acres.
The average child in the western world, recognises over 200 company logos by the time they start school.
Chameleons can move their eyes in 2 different directions at the same time.
There are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human.
Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million others in the world.
A poem written to celebrate a wedding is called a epithalamium.
Australian soldiers used to sing the song "We're off to see the Wizard" as a marching song during WWII.
A snail takes 33 hours to crawl 1 mile.
A rhino horn is made from compacted hair.
A skunks smell can be detected by a human a mile away.
The most sensitive cluster of nerves in the the body is at the base of the spine.
The surface of the Earth is around 60% water and 10% ice.
Zsa Zsa Gabor holds the title of the most married celebrity, She has had 9 husbands.
More people Study English in China, than speak it in America.
An ant is able to lift and carry 20 times its own body weight.
Moths have no stomach.
Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.
Lettuce is a member of the sunflower family.
Unlike most fruits, pears ripen better off the tree..
One inch of rainwater is equivalent to 15 inch of dry powdery snow..
The only continent on the planet not to have a Mc Donalds is Antarctica.
The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
The spots on a ladybird fade as it ages..
The heart of a giraffe is 2 ft long and can weigh as much as 25 lb.
Blondes have more hair than dark haired people.
The dog 'TOTO' was paid $125 per week during filming of 'The Wizard of Oz.
A fingernail grows at around 1/8th of an inch per day
When KFC first launched its slogan "Finger lickin good", translated into Chinese as "Eat your fingers off"..
The average lead in a pencil will write about 35,000 words or draw a line 35 miles long.
Bulls are usually colourblind and will charge at a waving cloth no matter what the colour.
A fingertip takes about 6 months to grow from base to tip.
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