- Pink is for girls and blue is for boys. When did that all start? Why, 1918, of course!
- The rough-skinned newt emits a poison that’s 10,000 times deadlier than cyanine.
- In the 15th Century, convicted murderers in Ireland were handed over to the deceased families as either slaves or victims to be killed!
- Orville Redenbacher paid an advertising company $13,000 to name his world-famous popcorn Orville Redenbacher Popcorn. Yeah, money well spent.
- In WW1, German & Russian troops (enemies to each other) teamed up to stop attacking hoards of killer wolves. It sounds like a movie plot!
- At Google HQ there is a rule: no office can be 150ft away from any kind of food.
- Birds cannot detect the heat given off by eating any kind of chili flower or plant.
- In 1912, a Paris orphanage held a raffle to raise funds. What was given away as prizes? The orphaned children!
- What is the longest war ever? It’s the 335 Year War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly.
- In 2013 a woman named Linda Ducharme legally married a Ferris wheel she affectionately calls “Bruce”.
- Elvis Presley never gave a concert outside the U.S., (except in Canada).