Preparing an Egyptian mummy sometimes took up to 70 days. Dead Egyptian noblewomen were given the special treatment of being allowed a few days to ripen so the embalmers wouldn’t find them too attractive.
Vegetarians make up 4 percent of the U.S. population.
German is considered the sister language of English.
Godzilla has made the covers of Time and Newsweek.
More bullets were fired in “”Starship Troopers”” than in any other movie ever made.
Olive oil was used for washing the body in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Pirates thought having an earring would improve their eyesight.
A rat can live longer without water than a camel.
About 43 percent of convicted criminals in the United States are re-arrested within a year of being released from prison.
Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
There has never been a president from the Air Force or Marine Corps, although Ronald Reagan was in the Army Air Corps.
