From all the states, Montana has the most different species of animals
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A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.
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A crocodile can run up to a speed of 11 miles per hour
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People from North America prefer pickles with warts, where as Europeans prefer pickles with no warts
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Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them would burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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Ancient Egyptians kissed with their noses instead of with their lips
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The first TV commercial advertisement was by the Bulova Watch company on July 1, 1941. The watch company paid $9.00 for an announcement that was 10 seconds long
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The cost to build the Empire State Building was $40,948,900
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In the late 1800's, washing machines and butter churners were sometimes powered by dogs walking on treadmills.
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St. Patrick explained the Holy Trinity to King Laoghaire, using the shamrock to illustrate the trinity
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Canola oil is actually rapeseed oil but the name was changed in Canada for marketing reasons
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Many people in parts of China eat insects. Some common insects are bean worms, scoprions, and locusts
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Ancient Egyptian women used to wear perfume cones made of wax that would melt in the heat letting out a nice fragrance
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Every year in the U.S., there are 178,000 new cases of lung cancer
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Every year, surgical tools are left in approximately 1,500 patients in the USA. Fatter patients are more prone to having a surgical tool left inside of them due to the additional amount of space in their bodies
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The life expectancy of a garbage disposal is about 5 to 10 years
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Chameleon is derived from the Greek, meaning "little lion."
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In 1991, during an attempted political coup on Russian President Boris Yelstin, food supplies had dwindled down at the parliament buildings so they ordered Pizza Hut to deliver pizzas
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