Did you know that;
- there are 2,598,960 possible hands in a 5 card poker game
- Australia is the only country that is also a continent
- the hottest chile in the world is the habanero
- the hamburger was invented in 1900
- the 1st full length animated film was released by Disney Studios in 1937 (it was Snow White and the seven dwarfs)
- MTV (Music Television) made its debut at 12:01 a.m. August 1st 1981 (the first music video shown 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles)
- Disneyland opened in 1955
- between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney was awarded 35 Oscars
- there are around 30 milligrams of caffeine in the average chocolate bar while a cup of coffee has around 100 to 150
- the US is the world's largest consumer of coffee
- coffee trees produce its first full crop after 5 years old
- over 5 million people in Brazil are employed in the coffee industry
- Japan is the 3rd largest consumer of coffee
- the first ground vacuum packed coffee was first introduced in 1900
- dark roasted coffee beans contain less caffeine than medium roasted ones (the longer a coffee is roasted the more caffeine is burns off)
- as a world commodity coffee is second only to oil
- coffee represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the US
- coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year
- coffee is grown commercially in over 45 countries around the world
- coffee is generally roasted between 204 - 218°C (400 - 425°F) (the longer the beans are roasted the darker the roast)
- Brazil accounts for 1/3 of the world's coffee production
- 52% of Americans drink coffee
- 1 plain milk chocolate bar has more protein than a banana
- Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans which go into the production of chocolate
- Franklin Mars invented the Snickers Bar in 1930
- John Cadbury founded the Cadbury chocolate company in England in 1842 producing the first chocolate bars
- worker ants may live for 7 years and the queen up to 15
- there are over 900,000 known species of insects
- no two spider webs are the same
- mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes
- mosquitoes dislike citronella because it irritates their feet
- over 96% of American households purchase bananas at least once a month
- bananas contain no fat, cholesterol or sodium
- bananas are a good source of vitamin C, potassium and fiber
- banana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as lilies, orchids and palms)
- there are 132 rooms in the US White House
- the Statue of Liberty weighs over 225 tons
- the Eiffel Tower is repainted every 7 years
- the Eiffel Tower is over 300m (984 ft) tall
- England's Stonehenge is over 5,000 years old
- the world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand
- it takes 40 minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg
- catfish have over 100,000 taste buds
- a woodpecker can peck 20 times a second
- a newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in tall
- a chameleon's tongue is twice as long as its body
- chameleons can move their eyes in two directions at the same time
- there are over 600 windows on the Empire State Building
- the word denim comes from 'de Nimes' or from Nimes which is a town in France
- Nintendo first produced playing cards
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