Music
These songs share the same rhythm or bassline:
"Remakes" "Originals"
Angel (Shaggy) - Joker (Steve Miller)
Can't Touch This (MC Hammer) - Superfreak (Rick James)
Say Goodbye To Hollywood (Billy Joel) - Be My Baby (The Ronettes)
Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice) - Under Pressure (Queen)
Animals
Koalas and chimpanzees are the only animals that have fingerprints indistinguishable from human's
Ostriches do not put their heads under the ground when frightened, this is a ridiculous myth
Snakes do have a tail, no it is not their entire body, it begins after their anus
Random
Most oranges that are grown in very hot climates are, in fact, green when ripe and are gassed to get their orange colour
Tea has more caffeine than coffee per pound (or any given measurement of weight) BUT coffee has more caffeine than tea per cup. So in the case of each cup of coffee or tea, you will be getting more caffeine from coffee.
Pencils do not contain lead even though it is called lead, it is graphite.
The word "fish" has no biological meaning, in the same way that "bugs" has no biological meaning, they are both common terms that don't actually mean anything
I before E except after C is not a useful rule as there are more words that are exceptions to the rule than words that follow the rule. There are 21 times as many words break that the rule.
"Muggle" was used as a word for marijuana and the people who smoked it.
Dumbledore is another word for bumblebee.
Christmas crackers have intentionally bad jokes in order to allow the partygoers to bond over the joke being bad. If only certain people were to understand the joke then those who didn't understand the joke would be divided.
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