- MTV (Music Television) made its debut at 12:01 a.m. August 1st 1981 (the first music video shown 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles).
- There are more tigers owned by Americans than in the wild worldwide.
- Blue and white are the most common school colors.
- The collective name for a group of unicorns is called a blessing.
- Modern day geometry has made developments in a number of areas, including those that make use of the raw computing power of today's computers.
- The average bank teller loses $250 every year.
- Brazil is named after a tree.
- Kangaroos can't walk backwards.
- The teeth of a viperfish are so sharp and long that if it closed its mouth with the teeth inside, it would pierce its brain.
- Police dogs are trained to respond to commands in foreign languages (usually German or Hungarian).
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