Around 20% of people have a gene that makes coriander (cilantro) taste like soap or vomit.

The average person consumes roughly 20 lbs (9 kg) of onions per year. That's around 80 onions.

Alcohol is the leading global risk factor for premature death and disability among adults under 49 years old, causing more deaths than malaria, tuberculosis, and violence combined.

The most efficient walking speed for humans is 3.5 mph (5.6 km/h), meaning you travel the furthest per unit of energy used at this speed.

It is estimated that there are over 3 million undiscovered shipwrecks in the world's oceans.

A recent study found that the risk of peanut allergies drops by 77% if peanuts are introduced into a baby's diet between 5 and 6 months of age.

The Three Gorges Dam in China is so massive it slowed Earth's rotation, making each day about 0.06 microseconds longer — shifting trillions of kilograms of water changed Earth's mass distribution and caused it to spin slightly slower.