The tune of The Star Spangled Banner was an old English drinking song . It was not made the official national anthem until 1931. See more

Each card in a deck represents a king from history: Spades- King David, Hearts- Charlemagne, Clubs-Alexander the Great, Diamonds- Julius Caesar See more

Armadillos are able to contract leprosy. See more

The blue whale has a heart the size of a small car and its blood vessal is so broad, that a person could swim through it. See more

The average person laughs 13 times a day! See more

The average person spends 2 weeks of its life kissing. See more

Thomas Edison designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder. It ended up blowing up and also blew up his factory. See more

In india it is cheaper to have sex with a prostitue than buy a condom! See more

One pair of rats has the potential for 15,000 descendants in a year. See more

Women who read romance novels have sex twice as often as those who don't. See more

The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people! See more

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

Acorns were used as a coffee substitute during the American Civil War. See more

You can be imprisoned for not voting in Fiji, Chile and Egypt - at least in theory. See more

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. See more

The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. See more