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- Did you know there are over 100 different viruses that cause the common cold
- Did you know Antarctica is 98% ice and 2% barren rock
- Did you know Finland has the largest number of islands in the world (over 179,550)
- Did you know the average Americans diet consists of 55% junk food
- Did you know 80% of all people hit by lightning are men
- Did you know a 15th anniversary is called a quindecennial
- Did you know a nanosecond is one billionth of a second
- Did you know men change their minds 2 to 3 times more than women (women tend to take longer to make a decision but once they do they are more likely to stick to it)
- Did you know petrol has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between -82 and -115C (-180 and -240F)
- Did you know sound travels 10 times faster through granite than air
- Did you know the average pool cue is 1.4m (4.75ft) long
- Did you know the national anthems of Japan, Jordan, and San Marino each have only 4 lines
- Did you know there are only 3 sets of letters on a keyboard which are in alphabetical order (f g h, j k l, and o p)
- Did you know a bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second
- Did you know a dragonfly can fly at 40kph (25mph)
- Did you know flies can react to an object it sees and change direction in less than 30 milliseconds
- Did you know a queen bee can lay up to 3,000 eggs in one day
- Did you know ants can lift 50 times their own weight
- Did you know 80% of the world's food crops are pollinated by insects
- Did you know 10% of with world's food supply is consumed by insects