Table tennis balls have been known to travel off a paddle at speeds up to 160 km/hr (approx. 100mph).Tasmania has the cleanest air in the inhabited world.
Tea was so expensive when it was first brought to Europe in the early 17th century that it was kept in locked wooden boxes.
Ten inches of snow equals one inch of rain in water content.
Ten percent of the salt mined in the world each year is used to de-ice the roads in America.
Thanks to the electric light, the average American today sleeps 1.5 hours less each day than Americans of 60 years ago.
