19th April 2021: Fun Fact 78

The oceans are getting louder.

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18th April 2021: Fun Fact 77

In 2016, KFC launched Extra Crispy Sunscreen, which smelt like fried chicken.

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17th April 2021: Fun Fact 76

The Queen practises wearing her crown for a week before the Queen’s Speech.

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16th April 2021: Fun Fact 75

Rats with low social status drink more than those with high social status.

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3rd April 2021: Fun Fact 62

To tackle the problem of expanding cemeteries in Brazil, the mayor of Biritiba-Mirim suggested that death be outlawed.

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2nd April 2021: Fun Fact 61

In 1935, Vogue readers were told that pancakes ‘are not worth eating unless paper thin’.

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1st April 2021: Fun Fact 60

Chopsticks were designed to be used for cooking, not eating.

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31st March 2021: Fun Fact 59

Jamie Oliver has a customised Land Rover that slow-roasts meats under the bonnet and makes butter and ice cream in the wheel drums.

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30th March 2021: Fun Fact 58

Just four of Japan's 6,852 islands make up 97% of its land area.

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29th March 2021: Fun Fact 57

Praying mantises are the only insects known to see in 3D.

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28th March 2021: Fun Fact 56

According to its CEO, Apple, Inc. is a conscious being.

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27th March 2021: Fun Fact 55

The word for the ‘inside of the elbow’ is chelidon.

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26th March 2021: Fun Fact 54

Eyebrows evolved to make humans look friendly to one another.

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25th March 2021: Fun Fact 53

During the Second World War, fish and chip shop managers were exempt from military service.

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24th March 2021: Fun Fact 52

A smartphone contains more computing power than the whole of NASA had in 1969.

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23rd March 2021: Fun Fact 51

Zero does not exist in nature.

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22nd March 2021: Fun Fact 50

£200,000 in loose change is found on public transport in London each year.

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21st March 2021: Fun Fact 49

In Regina, California, it’s illegal to own more than 90 pigeons.

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20th March 2021: Fun Fact 48

Wonder Woman was created by the inventor of the lie detector.

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19th March 2021: Fun Fact 47

Footballers at Sweden’s Östersunds Fotbollsklubb are contractually obliged to read Dostoevsky.

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