The leading cause of poisoning for children under the age of six in the home is liquid dish soap.

The life boat was patented in 1845!

The longest cave in the world is the Mammoth Cave System in the USA at 560,000 mtrs deep!

The little bags of netting for gas lanterns (called mantles) are radioactive…so much so that they will set of an alarm at a nuclear reactor.

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.

The lifespan of the common goldfish is over 20 years!

The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!

The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!

The lungfish can live out of water for three years in a state of suspended animation.

The male gypsy moth can smell the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away!