Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards. See more

A company, Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. See more

The Netherlands has built 800 miles of massive dikes and sea walls to hold back the sea. See more

The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 to 6,000 words. See more

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. See more

Most dust particles in a US house are made from dead skin. See more

A day on the planet Mercury is twice as long as its year. See more

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

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds. See more

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order. See more

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

In Chinese the words for crisis and opportunity are the same. See more

The 'save' icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards. See more

At birth, a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces. See more

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight. See more

The right lung is slightly larger than the left. See more