Trivia

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The Hawaiian language has only twelve letters - five vowels and seven consonants. The alphabet is a, e, h, i, k, l , m, n, o, p, v, w.

99 different names for God (Allah) are mentioned in the Qu'ran (Koran).

The land speed record for a car driven by electricity from batteries stood at 106 km/h (66 mph) in 1899.

The water buffalo supplies India with about 65% of its milk requirements.

The opossum has fifty teeth and is the only mammal, apart from some rare toothed whales, that has more than 44 teeth.

The giant squid is at least 18 metres (60 ft) long and has eyeballs 25.4 cm (10 in) in diameter.

Centipedes have between 28 and 354 legs.

A mosquito has 47 teeth and not just a proboscis.

Arteries, veins and capilliaries make up 120 000 km (75 000 miles) of bloodstream in a human body.

Starfish usually have five arms, or rays, but some species have 44. All arms can regenerate if damaged.