Though the gem called topaz is available in various hues, its proper color is yellow.

In the year 2000 alone, American pet owners spent over $27 billion on their pets.

The memory span of gold fish is 3 sec.

The average person will spend 2 weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic lights to change.

In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.

A beard grows an average of 140mm a year.

Butterflies remain the same size all their lives.

Older drivers are twice as more likely as younger drivers to have a motor vehicle accident while making a left turn.

A single Uranium atom can create enough electricity to light the New York City.

Caterpillar has more than 2000 muscles in its body.

Africa is the only continent to have more than 43 countries.

Rubbing your palms and legs by wearing socks on a woolen carpet can generate electricity enough to start a truck.

Snakes don’t have ears to hear.

A drop of cobra poison can kill 78 people.

Bats and snakes have thermal vision.

Human teeth are almost as hard as rock.

Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stones.

A humming-bird weighs less than a penny.

There are only 4 words in English language which end in ‘ dous ‘ – tremendous, stupendous, horrendous and hazardous. 

The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is “uncopyrightable”! 

The only longest word that can be typed with the left hand is stewardesses.

The only country whose name starts with the letter ‘q’ is Qatar. 

There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building. 

Brazil is the only country in the world to have qualified for all previous, 16 soccer world cups. 

The sloth moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur. 

Pyramids have the capability of preserving perishable foodstuff.

Ants can lift things fifty times their own weight.