It is said that grapefruit got its name because it grows like grapes in clusters. One cluster can have up to 25 grapefruits.

The longest acceptance speech in the history of the Oscars was by Greer Garson in 1942. She received an Oscar for Best Actress for the movie Mrs. Miniver, and her speech was five minutes and 30 seconds long.

In a lifetime the average human produces enough quarts of spit to fill 2 swimming pools.

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