1. Did you know the fastest insect is the Australian dragon fly (its top speed is 57 km/h (35mp/h))
2. Did you know honey bees kill more people each year than snakes
3. Did you know there are over 100,000 different species of butterflies
4. Did you know there are over 80,000 different species of ants
5. Did you know all the planets in our solar system could fit inside Jupiter
6. Did you know an area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles
7. Did you know more than 1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun
8. Did you know the Moon weighs 81 billion tons
9. Did you know the world's first paved streets were laid in Rome in 170 B.C.
10. Did you know it takes 1,100 watts to power a toaster
11. Did you know natural gas has no smell (the odor is artificially added so that people are able to identify leaks)
12. Did you know there are exactly 1,048,576 bytes in 1 megabyte
13. Did you know rainbows can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon (the sun needs to be less than 40° above the horizon)
14. Did you know acorns are poisonous to humans (if eaten it can cause damage to your kidneys)
15. Did you know all hurricanes form over the sea and can last up to 10 days
16. Did you know there are over 225,000 trees in New York's Central Park
17. Did you know chalk is made from tiny plankton fossils
18. Did you know 80% of the world's rose species come from Asia
19. Did you know 8.5 million tons of water evaporates from the Dead Sea every day
20. Did you know every living thing on the Earth contains carbon
21. Did you know the Pacific Ocean is the world's largest
22. Did you know it takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl
23. Did you know the average mature oak tree sheds over 700,000 leaves in Autumn
24. Did you know onions are part of the lily family
25. Did you know 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)
26. Did you know the softest known mineral is talc
27. Did you know 'orology' is the study of mountains
28. Did you know 20% of China's plants are used in medicine
29. Did you know 2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey
30. Did you know humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands
31. Did you know it was once illegal to slam your car door in Switzerland
32. Did you know moths have white blood
33. Did you know the diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles)
34. Did you know the diameter of Earth is 12,756 km (7,926 miles)
35. Did you know the diameter of the sun is 1,390,000km (865,000 miles)
36. Did you know Mount Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high
37. Did you know dolphin's can detect underwater sounds from 24 km (15 miles) away
38. Did you know dinosaurs lived on Earth for over 165 million years before they became extinct
39. Did you know jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years
40. Did you know only pregnant females polar bears hibernate
41. Did you know polar bears are strictly carnivores
42. Did you know sharks have been on Earth for over 400 million years
43. Did you know some dinosaurs had tails over 13m (45 feet) long
44. Did you know the average age of a polar bear in the wild is 17 years
45. Did you know the tallest mammal is the giraffe
46. Did you know warthogs can reach speeds of 48km/h (29mph)
47. Did you know warthogs live for 15 years
48. Did you know when baby polar bear cubs are born they cannot see or hear for their first month
49. Did you know 2 out of 5 people marry their first love
50. Did you know 30% of people refuse to sit on a public toilet seats
51. Did you know 45% of people use mouthwash everyday
52. Did you know less than 20% of shark attacks are fatal
53. Did you know people in Iceland read more books per capita than any other country
54. Did you know the average shower tempreture is 38°C (101°F)
55. Did you know raindrops are not tear shaped (they more resemble the shape of a tiny hamburger bun)
56. Did you know the algae found in the world's oceans produces nearly 50% of the world's oxygen
57. Did you know the game of Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport from 1900-1920
58. Did you know there are 2,598,960 possible hands in a 5 card poker game
59. Did you know Nintendo first produced playing cards
60. Did you know the word denim comes from 'de Nimes' or from Nimes which is a town in France
61. Did you know there are over 600 windows on the Empire State Building
62. Did you know chameleons can move their eyes in two directions at the same time
63. Did you know a chameleon's tongue is twice as long as its body
64. Did you know a newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in tall
65. Did you know a woodpecker can peck 20 times a second
66. Did you know catfish have over 100,000 taste buds
67. Did you know it takes 40 minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg
68. Did you know the world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand
69. Did you know England's Stonehenge is over 5,000 years old
70. Did you know the Eiffel Tower is over 300m (984 ft) tall
71. Did you know the Eiffel Tower is repainted every 7 years
72. Did you know the Statue of Liberty weighs over 225 tons
73. Did you know there are 132 rooms in the US White House
74. Did you know banana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as lilies, orchids and palms)
75. Did you know bananas are a good source of vitamin C, potassium and fiber
76. Did you know bananas contain no fat, cholesterol or sodium
77. Did you know over 96% of American households purchase bananas at least once a month
78. Did you know mosquitoes dislike citronella because it irritates their feet
79. Did you know mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes
80. Did you know no two spider webs are the same
81. Did you know there are over 900,000 known species of insects
82. Did you know worker ants may live for 7 years and the queen up to 15
83. Did you know John Cadbury founded the Cadbury chocolate company in England in 1842 producing the first chocolate bars
84. Did you know Franklin Mars invented the Snickers Bar in 1930
85. Did you know Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans which go into the production of chocolate
86. Did you know 1 plain milk chocolate bar has more protein than a banana
87. Did you know 52% of Americans drink coffee
88. Did you know Brazil accounts for 1/3 of the world's coffee production
89. Did you know coffee is generally roasted between 204 - 218°C (400 - 425°F) (the longer the beans are roasted the darker the roast)
90. Did you know coffee is grown commercially in over 45 countries around the world
91. Did you know coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year
92. Did you know coffee represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the US
93. Did you know as a world commodity coffee is second only to oil
94. Did you know dark roasted coffee beans contain less caffeine than medium roasted ones (the longer a coffee is roasted the more caffeine is burns off)
95. Did you know the first ground vacuum packed coffee was first introduced in 1900
96. Did you know Japan is the 3rd largest consumer of coffee
97. Did you know over 5 million people in Brazil are employed in the coffee industry
98. Did you know coffee trees produce its first full crop after 5 years old
99. Did you know the US is the world's largest consumer of coffee
100. Did you know there are around 30 milligrams of caffeine in the average chocolate bar while a cup of coffee has around 100 to 150
