Fact No.397

Sound travels fifteen times more swiftly through steel than through air.

Fact No.396

If all the atoms in 12g of carbon were turned into marbles they would cover Great Britain to a height of 1500km.

Fact No.395

The word atari comes from the ancient Japanese game of Go and means "you are about to be engulfed." Technically, it is the word used by a player to inform his opponent that he is about to lose, similar to "check" in chess.

Fact No.394

Most people think that drinking alcohol raises the body temperature. Alcohol actually lowers the body temperature.

Fact No.393

The Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA contains 28 million books and has 532 miles of shelving.

Fact No.392

Both boys and girls in 1600s England and New England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.

Fact No.391

The United Kingdom contains 1% of the worlds population, but produces 2.3% of the world's pollution.

Fact No.390

The United Kingdom and United States are both in the top ten for Gross Domestic Product and for child poverty.

Fact No.389

If you spin a ball clockwise while dropping on a hard surface, it will bounce back up spinning counter clockwise.

Fact No.388

The tongue is the only muscle in your body that is not connected to something at both ends.

Fact No.387

The Pac-Man video arcade game featured colored ghosts named Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde.

Fact No.386

Women are likely to view a person in up to 6 times as much detail as men.

Fact No.385

Moles can dig up to 18 feet of surface tunnels per hour.

Fact No.384

If you consume 10kg of chocolate in one go it becomes lethal.

Fact No.383

On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.

Fact No.382

The angle at which light reflects off of water to create a rainbow is 42 degrees.

Fact No.381

Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt.

Fact No.380

A bird's feathers weighs more than its skeleton does.

Fact No.379

A bucket full of water contains more atoms than there are bucketfuls of water in the Atlantic Ocean.

Fact No.378

A rubber tire is actually one single giant molecule.

Fact No.377

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. That's the same as human jumping the length of a football field.

Fact No.376

It takes about 18 months to two years for a pineapple to grow to its full size.

Fact No.375

The first bicycle ever made didn't have any pedals, it was just pushed beside people.

Fact No.374

A rat has 3 times as many smell receptors in its nose as a human.

Fact No.373

A bird's heart beats 400 times per minute while resting and up to 1000 beats per minute while flying.

Fact No.372

Penguins can swim as fast as 20mph.

Fact No.371

Under their fur polar bears actually have black skin.

Fact No.370

The Channel between England and France grows about 300 millimeters each year.

Fact No.369

Google has indexed 200 terabytes of internet data, or 0.004% of the total data. 

Fact No.368

Watermelons are actually vegetables not fruit as commonly perceived.