Trivia

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41% of women apply body or hand moisturiser a minimum of three times a day.

There are around five sheep for every person in Australia.

A record 22 987 millimetres (905 in) of rain fell in the Indian village of Cherrapunji in 1861. That's nearly 23 metres (75 ft) of rain!

The Dead Sea (actually a salt lake between Israel and Jordan) is the lowest water surface on Earth. It lies 408 metres (1 340 ft) below sea level.

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel has its brdge broken by two tunnels that pass under major shipping channels. The 28 kilometre (17 mile) crossing connects Norfolk and Cape Charles in Virginia, United States.

The human brain consists of 80% water.

61% of a grown man consists of water; the rest is made up of 17% protein, 14% fat, 7% bones and 1% carbohydrate.

The highest cliff in the solar system is Verona Rupes, which is around 20 km (12 miles) high. It is on Mirnada , a small moon that circles the planet Uranus. Since Miranda only has a diameter of 472 km (265 miles) the height of the clifs is made all the more extraordinary.

The 56 conical teeth of the sperm whale are 20 cm (8 in) long.

The average person drinks 74 802 cups of tea in their lifetime.