- While you sleep you can't smell anything, even really, really bad or potent smells.
- The moon is 27% the size of the Earth.
- The total mass of ants on the planet would actually outweigh all of the world’s wild birds and mammals.
- Chevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius.
- For every human there are 200 million insects.
- The Hindu-Arabic numeral system began developing as early as the 1st century with a full system being established around the 9th century, forming the basis of the numerical digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 that we use today.
- One of Snapple's original founders ran a sardine and pickle store in Queens with his family.
- Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine.
- A cat can keep purring while inhaling and exhaling.
- It was once illegal to slam your car door in Switzerland.
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