A day on the planet Mercury is twice as long as its year. See more

Your system of blood vessels is over 60,000 miles long. That's long enough to go around the world more than twice! See more

Ten years ago, only 500 people in China could ski. This year, an estimated 5,000,000 Chinese will visit ski resorts. See more

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

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

A female can produce up to twelve litters of twenty rats a year. See more

Rats destroy an estimated 1/3 of the world’s food supply each year. See more

Mexico City sinks about 10 inches a year. See more

Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. 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

Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland. 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

Every single possible 3-character .com domain (over 50,000) has long since been registered! See more

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year, so don't stick it in your mouth! See more

The longest sausage made in Australia was 11 kilometers (6.9 miles) long. See more

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