Fact: Cinderella is known as Rashin Coatie in Scotland, Zezolla in Italy, and Yeh-hsien in China
Fact: It is estimated that by the end of 2000, there has been 142,600 tonnes of gold mined in the world
Fact: A meteor has only destroyed one satellite, which was the European Space Agency's Olympus in 1993.
Fact: The deepest mine in the world is the East Rand mine, which goes to a depth of about 3,585 metres
Fact: A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana
Fact: The reason why hair turns gray as we age is because the pigment cells in the hair follicle start to die, which is responsible for producing "melanin" which gives the hair colour
Fact: In the U.S., over one million gallons of cosmetics, drinks, and lotions are sold that contain aloe in them per year