The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The Average person falls asleep in seven minutes. Dartboards are made out of horsehairs.
Ancient civilizations burned aster leaves to ward off evil spirits.
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
The world's Youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
In 1873, Colgate made a Toothpaste that was available in a jar. A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.
Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels.
Smokers are twice as likely to develop lower back pain than non-smokers.
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes.
Macadamia nuts are not sold in their shells because it takes 300 pounds per square inch of pressure to break the shell
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The deepest mine in the world is the East Rand mine, which goes to a depth of about 3,585 metres.
Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself."
The Dutch people are known to be the tallest people in Europe.
Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere
The risk of cardiovascular disease is twice as high in women that snore regularly compared to women who do not snore.
The opposite sides of a dice always add up to seven.
A top freestyle swimmer achieves a speed of only 4 miles per hour. Fish, in contrast, have been clocked at 68 mph
A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of wood.
The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns
One billion seconds is about 32 years.
-40 degrees Celsius is equal to -40 degrees Fahrenheit.
