FACTS

Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent.

Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450°F.


The Shell Oil Company originally began as a novelty shop in London that sold seashells.

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.


Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean.

The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.


Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

Fish and Chip selling officially remained an offensive trade until 1940 due to the smell it produces.


The University of Alaska spans four time zones.

The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.


In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.