2. The standard 18 cm pencil contains enough graphite to
draw a line 56 km long.
When the Egyptians were mourning a dead relative, they
shaved off their eyebrows.
An octopus turns white when it is frightened or angry.
Most people blink about 25 times a minute.
The president of the International Olympic Committee is
Juan Antonio Samaranch.

3. The Japanese equivalent of Father Christmas is a woman.
All snowflakes, though markedly different in appearance
are constructed on hexagon.
E is the most frequently used letter in the English
alphabet.
Astronomers circling the Earth may be able to see 16
sunrises and 16 sunsets every 24 hours.
You have more than 620 muscles in your body.

4. Avocado is the most nutritious fruit in the world. It is
rich in vitamins, minerals and oil.
Russia is the world’s largest country. It covers twice the
territory of either the USA or China.
The lowest number which can be divided exactly by all
the numbers from 1 to 10 is 2,520.
Japan has the largest number of industrial robots in the
world today.
America’s oldest university, Harvard University, is
situated in Cambridge.

5. The official languages of the United Nations are Arabic,
Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
The ostrich is the only bird which has two toes on each
foot.
65 different alphabets are used in the world today.
Sharks swam in the sea long before dinosaurs walked
the earth.
In Tibet it is very polite to stick your tongue out at
someone. It shows you have no evil thoughts.