The hippo can run faster than a man.
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland. The reason for the prohibition was the fact that Donald Duck does not wear pants.
The first country to give women the right to vote was New Zealand in 1893.
Snake venom is dangerous only if it gets into the bloodstream. If ingested it is metabolized in the intestines and becomes harmless. Therefore, in Vietnam and Thailand, where they eat poisonous snakes, the rattlesnake is highly desirable.
All the bees in the world visit 3 trillion flowers every day, producing around 3,000 tons of honey.
The first city in the World that has reached one million inhabitants was Rome, around 133 BC. London got its one million inhabitants in 1810, and New York in 1875. Today, there are over 300 cities with more than a million inhabitants.
