A winged penis was the city symbol of Pompeii, the ancient Roman resort town destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
A quarter of all mammal species are bats.
The average human bladder can hold 13 fluid ounces.
The human tooth has about 55 miles of canals in it.
A book published in 1940 contained 370 proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem, including one by former President James Garfield.
Left-handed people cannot write Mandarin Chinese.
Armadillos can walk underwater.
“”Dreamt”” is the only word in the English language that ends in the letters “”mt.””
If you have three quarters, four dimes and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.
Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name used on state documents is “”Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.””
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at 40 million.
St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers.
The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year.
A car that shifts manually gets two miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift.
Children grow faster in the spring.
Paul Revere rode on a horse that belonged to Deacon Larkin.
