- Orienteering originated in Sweden.
- Orson Welles was only 21 years old when he starred in & directed in the movie Citizen Kane.
- Our galaxy is 75 000 light years in diameter and our sun is 26 100 light years from the centre.
- Our own galaxy is minute compared to the radio galaxies being discovered at the edge of the universe.
- Over 1,400 actresses were interviewed to play the part of Scarlett O'Hara for the movie Gone with the Wind.
- Over 400 films have been made, based on the plays of Shakespeare.
- Over 80% of professional boxers have suffered brain damage.
- Over the years the Niagara Falls has moved more than 11 kilometres from its original site.
- Over two hundred different languages are spoken throughout the Soviet Union.
- Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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