- The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
- The military salute originated during the medieval times. Knights in armor used to raise their visors to reveal their identity, and the motion later evolved into the modern-day salute.
- The minarets ofthe Taj Mahal in India are angled at 88 degrees outwards so that they would not collapse into the structure should an earthquake occur.
- The model of King Kong used in the original movie was only 18 inches tall.
- The mola mola or ocean sunfish lays up to 5,000,000 eggs at one time.
- The Mona Lisa, by daVinci, is 2'6" by 1'9".The Mona-Lisa, now hanging in the Louvre museum in Paris, is valued today at $100,000,000.
- The most expensive book or manuscript ever sold at an auction was The Codex Hammer, a notebook belonging to Leonardo da Vinci. It sold for $30.8 million.
- The most searched thing on yahoo.com every year is p0rn.
- The most used line in the movies is "Lets get out of here."
- The most widely culticated fruit in the world is the Apple.The second is the Pear.
- The mouse is the most common mammal in the US.
- The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.
- The nail of our middle finger grows the fastest and the nail of our thumb grows slowest.
- The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
- The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
- The Netherlands is the lowest country in the world. An estimated 40% of its land is below sea level.
- The New York phone book had 22 Hitlers listed before World War II .. and none after.
- The number 2,520 can be divided by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 without having a fractional leftover.
- The number 37 will wholly divide (no decimals) into 111, 222, 333, 444, 555, 666, 777, 888, and 999.
- The numbers on opposite sides of a die always add up to seven.
- The oldest goldfish lived for 14,795 days.
- The only big cat that doesn't roar is a Jaguar.
- The only bird that can fly backwards is the hummingbird.
- The only bone not broken so far during any ski accident is one located in the inner ear.
- The only food cockroaches won't eat are cucumbers.
- The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.
