An average record shop needs to sell at least two copies of a CD per year to make it worth stocking, according
to Wired magazine.
It's possible for a human to blow up balloons via the ear. A 55-year-old factory worker from China reportedly discovered 20 years ago that air leaked from his ears, and he can now inflate balloons and blow out candles.
If all the Smarties eaten in one year were laid end to end it would equal almost 63,380 miles, more than two-and-a-half times around the Earth's equator.
The = sign was invented by 16th Century Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde, who was fed up with writing "is equal to" in his equations. He chose the two lines because "noe 2 thynges can be moare equalle".
When faced with danger, the octopus can wrap six of its legs around its head to disguise itself as a fallen coconut shell and escape by walking backwards on the other two legs, scientists discovered.
Nasa boss Michael Griffin has seven university degrees: a bachelor's degree, a PhD, and five masters degrees.
You're 10 times more likely to be bitten by a human than a rat.
One in six children think that broccoli is a baby tree.
One in 18 people has a third nipple.
Pulling your foot out of quicksand takes a force equivalent to that needed to lift a medium-sized car.
Spanish Flu, the epidemic that killed 50 million people in 1918/9, was known as French Flu in Spain.
Now don't you feel smarter!
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