Random Facts 21

1. The mechanical shark in ‘Jaws’ was nicknamed Bruce.
2. Fish can get seasick.
3. Rats can swim for a kilometre without resting. They can also tread water for three days straight.
4. Sugar was added to chewing gum in 1869 by a dentist, William Semple.
5. Mosquitoes have teeth.
6. A ballet enthusiast is called a ‘balletomane’.
7. The tulip actually originated in Turkey, not Holland.
8. The 50-metre long wall that gave New York’s Wall Street it’s name was only 3.5 metres tall.
9. The highest temperature on record was 57.78 degrees on 13 September 1992, in Azizia, Libya.
10. On average a cow produces 40 glasses of milk daily.