Barbara Cartland is the world's top-selling author with over 500 million copies sold.
Brain damage occurs at an internal temperature of 105 degrees Fahrenheit.
Brazil accounts for almost 1/3 of the world's coffee production, producing over 3-1/3 billion pounds of coffee each year.
Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way round.
Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world (behind Russia, Canada, China and the United States). It’s only 300,000 square miles smaller than the United States. Australia, India, Argentina, Kazakhstan and the Sudan round out the Top 10.
Brazil is the location of the worlds widest road. 160 cars can drive side by side.
Brazil is the only country to have played in every World Cup soccer tournament.
Brigham Young invented the department store. Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI as it's known to those in Utah) is still in operation in Salt Lake City.
Britain's first escalator was installed in Harrods in 1878.
Britain's present royal family was originally named Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The name was changed in 1917, during WW1 because of German connotations. The name Windsor was suggested by one of the staff. At the same time the Battenberg family name of the cousins to the Windsors was changed into Mountbatten.
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