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

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

One quarter of all creatures on the planet are beetles. See more

The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation. See more

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

10% of human dry weight comes from bacteria. See more

The typical laboratory mouse runs 2.5 miles per night on its treadmill. See more

About 70 percent of your body weight is water. See more

No word in the English language rhymes with "month", "orange", "silver" or "purple". See more

Dolphins sleep with one eye open. See more

Two-thirds of the world's kidnappings occur in Colombia. See more

Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump". See more

The name for having a fear of long words: Hippopotomonstroses­quippedaliophobia. Ironic, isn't it? See more

December 1972, astronaut Eugene Cernan (U.S.) became the last person to set foot on the moon. See more

It is impossible for a solar eclipse to last for more than 7 minutes 58 seconds. See more

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. See more