The tallest nation in the world is the Watusis of Burundi.

A typical athlete’s heart churns out 25 to 30 litres (up to 8 gallons) of blood per minute.

About 13% of people are left-handed. Up from 11% in the past.

The human head contains 22 bones.

Men loose about 40 hairs a day. Women loose about 70 hairs a day.

Approximately 44 million tons of bananas are produced annually, compared to more than 60 million tomatoes. Apples are the third most popular (36 million tons), then oranges (34 million tons) and watermelons (22 million tons).

The term “soda water” was coined in 1798.

China uses 45 billion chopsticks per year. 25 million trees are chopped down to make’em sticks.

The scientific term for the common tomato is lycopersicon lycopersicum, which means “wolf peach.”

The first ice-cream soda was sold in 1874 in the US.

If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you’ll feel thirsty.

The muscle that lets your eye blink is the fastest muscle in your body. It allows you to blink 5 times a second. On average, you blink 15 000 times a day. Women blink twice as much as men.

The length from your wrist to your elbow is the same as the length of your foot.

On average a hiccup lasts 5 minutes.

If all your DNA is stretched out, it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.