★There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.★There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.★Pineapples take about two years to grow.★A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.★The moon has moonquakes.★The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.★There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.★The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.★Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.★More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.★Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.★Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.★Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.★The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.★Ostriches can run faster than horses.★A hippo's sweat is pink.★A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.★The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.★A snail can sleep for three years straight.★A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.
★There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.★There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.★Pineapples take about two years to grow.★A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.★The moon has moonquakes.★The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.★There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.★The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.★Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.★More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.★Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.★Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.★Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.★The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.★Ostriches can run faster than horses.★A hippo's sweat is pink.★A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.★The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.★A snail can sleep for three years straight.★A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.