The only "real" food that U.S. Astronauts are allowed to take into space is pecan nuts. See more

Icthyomaniacs are people who are crazy about fish. See more

The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. 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

A chicken who just lost its head can run the length of a football field before dropping dead. See more

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

If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off. See more

Women blink nearly twice as much as men. See more

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

Humans, bonobo monkeys, and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. See more

Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes. See more

Two-thirds of the world's executions occur in China. See more

All the chemicals in the human body have a combined value of approximately £4.00. See more

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

Americans ate eight million more orders of french fries and almost six million more hamburgers this year compared to last. See more

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