- The tiny pocket in jeans was designed to store pocket watches.
- The real name for a hashtag is an octothorpe.
- Venus is the only planet to spin clockwise. Almost all planets in the Solar System spin anti-clockwise on their axis and orbit the Sun in an anti-clockwise direction. Venus also orbits the Sun anti-clockwise but spins clockwise on its axis
- Finland has more saunas than cars. there are 2 million saunas in Finland for a population of only 5 million. The Finns consider their saunas as a necessity
- The longest time someone has spent holding their breath underwater is 24 minutes and 37 seconds. On 27 March 2021, Croatia’s Budimir Šobat achieved the world record for breath-holding underwater, with a time of 24 minutes and 37 seconds. However, he breathed pure oxygen before immersion
