It takes a plastic container 50,000 years to start decomposing. See more

There were 13 gun massacres in the 18 years before Australia improved their gun control laws. There have not been any since, in over 14 years. See more

After the worst mass shooting in Australia's history, new gun control laws dropped their firearm homicide rate by 42% over the next seven years. See more

Workers in an ant colony only live for about 45-60 days, but a colony's queen can live up to 20 years. See more

Ants began farming about 50 million years before humans thought to raise their own crops. See more

Ten years ago, only 500 people in China could ski. This year, an estimated 5,000,000 Chinese will visit ski resorts. See more

A snail can sleep for three years. See more

US tops the world in plastic surgery procedures. Next comes Mexico. See more

The average criminal sentence length is 137 years in Colombia. See more

The average shelf-life of a latex condom is about two years. See more

If you fart constantly for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. See more

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. See more

Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating. See more

The youngest pope was 11 years old. See more

The names of the continents all end with the same letter as they start with. Coincidence? See more

The can opener was invented 48 years after cans were introduced. See more