- 11% of people are left handed
- August has the highest percentage of births
- unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it
- the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes
- a b-e-a-r has 42 teeth
- an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
- lemons contain more sugar than strawberries
- 8% of people have an extra rib
- 85% of plant life is found in the ocean
- Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz
- rabbits like licorice
- the Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters
- 'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy
- a lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue
- armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same s-e-x
- reindeer like bananas
- the longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds
- birds need gravity to swallow
- the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E
- the 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English
- 1 nautical knot equates to 1.852 Kph (1.150 mph)
- your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body
- a dolphins top speed is 60kmh (37mph)
- a sharks top speed is 70kmh (44mph)
- sound travels 4.3 times faster through water than in air
- the first train reached a top speed of only 8 kmh (5 mph)
- a honeybee's top speed is 24kph (15mph)
- a cheetahs top speed is 114kph (70mph)
- bull's can run faster uphill than down
- to c-r-a-c-k a whip the tip must be travelling faster than the speed of sound
- a car travelling at 80kph (50mph) uses half its fuel to overcome wind resistance
- womens hearts beat faster than mens
- greyhounds can reach speeds of up to 67kph (42mph)
- fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle
- sound travels 15 times faster through steel than air
- a hippopotamus can run faster than a man
- elephants can run up to 40kmh (25mph)
- an ostriches can outrun a horse
- quirrels can climb trees faster than they can run on the ground
- the greyhound is the fastest dog and can reach speeds of up to 72kph (45mph)

