Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. See more

An average woman consumes approximately 20 kg of lipstick in her life. See more

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

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

Heroin used to be a cough medicine for children. A German company (Bayer) registered heroin as a trademark. See more

Every year, you eat approximately 4 bugs in your sleep. See more

Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza every single day. See more

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

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

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

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. See more

Baby elephants can drink over 80 litres of milk a day. See more

McDonalds calls frequent buyers of their food heavy users. See more

Ostriches stick their heads into the sand to find underground drinking water. See more

There are more coffee drug addicts in the US than drug addicts of any other kind. See more

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. See more