- The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.
- The coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity.
- The longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'.
- A King Cobra is the biggest of all poisonous snakes and can grow to over 4 metres (13 feet) long.
- The primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas).
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