TRIVIA BITS

 

 

• the number 4 is the only number that has the same number of letters in it
• the odds of being stuck by lighting is 280,000 to 1
• the oldest cockroach fossils are over 280 million years old
• the oldest exposed surface on Earth is New Zealand's south island
• the oldest known vegetable is the pea
• the oldest word in the English language is 'town'
• the Olympic flag was designed in 1913
• the only animals that purr are cats
• the only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia
• the only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica