Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. See more

The most popular requested boat name is "Obsession". See more

The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language. See more

To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles. See more

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. See more

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. See more

28% of Africa is wilderness. See more

Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters. See more

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. See more

Long ago, clans would burn down your house to get rid of you without killin you. The phrase "your fired!" came from this. See more

The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof'. I wonder why ;-). See more

In Tibet it is considered good manners to stick out your tongue at someone. See more

Albert Einstein's parents were worried he was mentally slow, because it took him a long time to learn how to speak. See more

The youngest pope was 11 years old. See more

Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000. See more

The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com. See more