1. Did you know! There are 31.5 million seconds in a year. There are 31.5 million seconds in a year.

2. In Virginia all bathtubs must be outside and not in the house. Brr! In Virginia all bathtubs must be outside and not in the house. Brr!

3. A favourite meal in China is sun dried maggots! Tasty!! What are you having for lunch?

4. Most cows give more milk when they listen to music! It has to be nice mooosic! Most cows give more milk when they listen to music! It has to be nice mooosic!

5. Bubble gum contains rubber. Bubble gum contains rubber.

6. No words in the English language rhyme with month, orange, silver and purple.

7. The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters. That has to be easy to learn!

8. The Inuit (Eskimos) have 20 different words for snow! Do you snow any of them?

9. The first word spoken on the moon was ‘Okay’.

10. Toilet paper was invented in New York in 1857. What did they use before then?

11. A cross between a goat and a sheep is called a geep!

12. The Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun due to the expansion of the metal.

13. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. Why did he invent it?

14. Cat urine glows under a ‘black’ light. Who discovered that?

15. In ancient Egypt men and women wore eyeshadow made from crushed beetles.

16. In 1894 there were only 4 cars in the USA. so no traffic jams then! so no traffic jams then!

17. Each year lightening starts about 10,000 fires.

18. An elephant can smell water nearly 5 miles away. What did you expect with a nose that BIG!

19. More than a thousand new insects are discovered every year.

20. The end Some of these facts were taken from: Bryant and Singleton (2005) 1001 Cool Freaky Facts