- The so-called black boxes in airplanes - where all flight data is recorded - are actually orange!
- The Dead Sea got its name because it's so salty nothing can live in it!
- On average, people from Luxembourg in Europe are the richest in the world.
- The Russian city of St. Petersburg has had its name changed to Petrograd, then Leningrad before becoming St. Petersburg again in 1991.
- East Timor is the world's youngest nation. It was born in 2002.
- There are 106 boys born for every 100 girls. The world's population grows by 100 million every year.
- 8% of Earth's crust is made up of aluminum.
- The cruise liner, The Queen Elizabeth II, moves just 15 cm for every five litters of diesel it burns.
- The tune for the 'A-B-C' song is the same as 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star'.
- The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.
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