Clans long ago who wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn down their houses – hence the expression “”get fired.””
George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. It takes more than 500 peanuts to make one 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.
Impotence is legal grounds for divorce in 24 American states.
The Great Wall stretches for 4,160 miles across northern China.
Soccer legend Pele’s real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento.
Methane can often be seen bubbling up from the bottom of ponds. It is produced by the decomposition of dead plants and animals in the mud.
The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh-cut cucumbers.
It is illegal for boys in the ninth grade to grow a mustache in Binghamton, N.Y.
Eighty-two percent of the world’s population believes in an afterlife.
Queen Victoria eased the discomfort of her menstrual cramps by having her doctor supply her with marijuana.
