There are only four words in the English language that end in 'dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous and hazardous.

The turtle has the lowest pulse rate of any animal.

The Bacterian camel is the only land mammal that can survive on salt water.

Uranus spins on its side.

Turkey's heads change colour when they become excited.

'Gatwick' is Old English for 'goat farm'.

Labradors were originally bred to catch cod.

The city of Brasilia was built in the shape of a plane.

The word 'bistro' means quickly in Russian.