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  Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.

• Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, has 85 letters. It's the name for a hill, 305 metres (1,000 ft) high, close to Porangahau, New Zealand.

• 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

• Tiger shark embroyos fight each other in their mother's womb. The survivor is born.

• You grow by about 8mm (O.3in) every night when you are asleep, but shrink to your former height the following day.

• Over 4 million cars in Brazil are now running on gasohol instead of petrol. Gasohol is a fuel made from sugar cane.

• Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned His wife or mother because they were both deaf.

• When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.

• "Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive Double letters.

• If you ate too many carrots, you'd turn orange.

• The world's first University was established in Takshila, India in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

• 250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa.