72% of people in Mali earn less than $1 per day. See more

The cockroach has a high resistance to radiation and is the creature most likely to survive a nuclear war. See more

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

Every 23 seconds a Tupperware party starts somewhere in the world. See more

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. See more

The turkey was wrongly named after what was thought to be it's country of origin. See more

Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, and Dostoyevsky were all epileptics (aka brain disorder). See more

It is a criminal offence to drive around in a dirty car in Russia. See more

The telescope on Mount Palomar, California, can see a distance of 7,038,835,200,000,000 million miles. See more

The longest word that can be typed using only the right hand is lollipop. See more

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them. See more

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. See more

There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. See more

A bird "chews" with its stomach. See more

Snakes have two sex organs. See more

75% of wild birds die before they are 6 months old. See more