- 20% of China's plants are used in medicine.
- Early tales of leprechauns reported red clothing.
- Large rain drops can fall at speeds of 20 mph.
- Twins have a very high occurrence of left-handedness.
- Silly String was originally designed to be a spray on cast for broken bones.
- The primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas).
- Employees are more likely to book holidays off work on a Monday that any other week day.
- Octopuses think with their tentacles.
- The Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service.
- The average lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years.
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