The whole of a human’s skin weighs twice as much as the brain.
Societies in ancient Rome, Germany and China used urine as a mouthwash.
Edgar Allan Poe was expelled from West Point Military Academy for showing up at a public parade wearing only his white belt and gloves.
More than 30 million people in the United States suffer from diastema – a gap between the two front teeth.
A dragonfly has a lifespan of just a day.
William Faulkner once worked as a rum runner because he couldn’t find a publisher for his novels, which later won him a Pulitzer Prize.
Bacteria increase from one to two billion in a petri dish in 24 hours.
The tiniest port in Canada is Port Williams, Nova Scotia.
The average talker sprays about 300 microscopic saliva drops per minute – about two and a half droplets per word.
There are enough explosives on Earth to annihilate mankind 50,000 times over.
The name Campbell means “”crooked mouth”” in Gaelic.
Most exhibitionists are married men.
The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
To celebrate his 700th parachute jump, Flight Sgt. Hector Macmillan made his descent in full national Scottish dress while playing “”The Road to the Isles”” on the bagpipes.
The seven Ionian islands are Corfu, Cephalonia, Zacynthus, Leucas, Ithaca, Cythera and Paxos.
Menstrual cramps have been known, in rare cases, to induce orgasm.
Armadillos have four babies at a time and they are always the same sex.
Forty percent of Scottish women have legs that are different lengths.
