If you gave each human on earth an equal portion of dry land (including the uninhabitable areas) everyone would get roughly 100sqft

Studies show that the average dog has the same intelligence as a 2-year-old child - They can understand up to 250 words and motions

The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity

There are over 200 dead frozen bodies on Mount Everest Many of which you must pass to get to the summit and some are used as markers

Red roses are considered the flower of love because juggling the letters of the word rose would result in EROS who is the God of Love

Bacardi concocted a fruit drink with the name Pavian to suggest French chic only to realise later that in Germany Pavian means baboon

There s is a wheeled alarm clock available named Clocky it runs away and hides and you need to get you out of bed to stop its ringing

William Whipple freed his slaves when he signed the Declaration of Independence - He felt he couldn t fight for freedom and own slaves

A banana is about 75% water They grow on a rhizome not a tree You are more likely to be a target for mosquitoes if you consume bananas

Studies have shown that dancing has been known to improve relationships It can strengthen a couple s bond and relieve emotional tension

Scottish people have a word for that awkward hesitation before you have to introduce someone whose name you can t remember It s `Tartle `

The Pentagon has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary because when it was built laws required separate facilities for blacks and whites

The largest single living thing (apart from reefs constructed of multiple polyps) was a mushroom fungus in Oregon that grew to 2 200 acres

The creator of the board game Monopoly Charles Brace Darrow basically intended the game to demonstrate that monopolies are bad for society

In 1973 Bhutan issued a stamp that looked like a record Put it on a record player and it would actually play the Bhutanese national anthem