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

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

A single individual, Dr. Lieven P. Van Neste, owns over 200,000 domain names! See more

Long ago, clans would burn down your house to get rid of you without killin you. The phrase "your fired!" came from this. See more

Every year some 50 million cars are added to the world’s roads. See more

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before. See more

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". See more

Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". See more

The average life expectancy of a toilet is 50 years. See more

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

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

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

The longest one-syllable words in the English language are "strengths" and "screeched". See more

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

"Skepticisms" is the longest word that alternates hands when typing. See more