- the bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers
- the brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland
- the Cambodian alphabet has 74 letters
- the centre of the Sun is approximately 15 million °C (27 million °F)
- the cheetah is the only cat that can't retract it's claws
- the Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700
- the coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity
- the Colgate toothpaste company started out making starch, soap, and candles
- the colour of a chilli pepper is no indication of its heat (usually the smaller the the hotter)
- the coloured part of your eye is called the iris
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