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

Snakes have two sex organs. See more

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

A bird "chews" with its stomach. See more

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

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

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