1. The worlds oldest amusement park was opened in 1583 and had the first wooden roller coaster in 1932.
2. Halley's comet was discovered by Edmund Halley in 1682. It's next appearance will be in 2062.
3. The term "eat crow" is when you are humiliated by admitting you are wrong after standing firm on the belief you were right. The word crow is used to describe the foul taste that you would get being proven wrong and the truth would be hard to swallow.
4. Volunteer firefighters do not get paid but they reimbursed with a small amount of tax free money for time spent doing their duties.
5. Venus has the hottest average temperatures in the whole solar system, it regularly reaches 460c (860f)
6. Dr Seuss's book Green Eggs and Ham has exactly 50 words in it.
7. The average Game Of Thrones episode costs $6 million to make.
8. Mozart composed over 600 works.
9. Lego got it's name from the Danish phrase "leg godt" which means "play well."
10. Greenland Ranch, California, holds the hottest temperature in the USA with the high of 134f (56c) this was recorded July of 1913.
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