- Tennessee is bordered by 8 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia - more than any other in the US
- tennis was originally played with bare hands
- that 90% of an iceberg sits under water
- that after petrol, coffee is the largest item bought and sold
- that in developed countries 27% of food is thrown away
- that in the 17th century the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places (today to 1.2411 trillion)
- that the first MTV video played was 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles
- that you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become)
- that you can spell the word 'level' the same backwards
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