- The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing their hands in jelly.
- Ice cream was invented in China around 2000 BC.
- Reindeer enjoy eating bananas.
- Queen Elizabeth II became a trained mechanic during WW2.
- Every year, the Moon moves about 4cm further away from the Earth.
- The word ‘checkmate’ in chess comes from the Persian phrase ‘shah mat’ which means ‘the king is dead’.
- Most newborns cry without tears until they’re three-to-six weeks old.
- Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark. (Probably explains why he invented the light bulb!)
- Which letter is silent in the word ‘scent’ – the ‘s’ or the ‘c’?
- One square inch of a human hand has 275cm of blood vessels, 600 pain sensors, 9000 nerve endings, 36 heat sensors, and 75 pressure sensors.
- Do twins ever realise that one of them was unplanned?
- About 4% of the people who read this list will try squishing their hands in jelly to see if it makes a noise like E.T. walking.
