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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18th March 2021: Fun Fact 46

Canada has a strategic maple-syrup reserve.

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17th March 2021: Fun Fact 45

If human eyes were in the same proportion as cats’ eyes, they’d be eight inches across.

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16th March 2021: Fun Fact 44

Churchill's last words were: “I'm cold and I'm bored with it all.”

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15th March 2021: Fun Fact 43

Giant predatory hammerhead worms from Asia are invading France.

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14th March 2021: Fun Fact 42

Listening to talk radio can put pumas off their food.

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13th March 2021: Fun Fact 41

Without zero, modern electronics wouldn’t exist.

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12th March 2021: Fun Fact 40

Bear Castle is the literal translation from Swedish of Björn Borg.

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