The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
In Poole, ‘Pound World’ went out of business because of a store across the road called ’99p Stores’, which was selling the same products but for just 1 pence cheaper!
About 8,000 Americans are injured by musical instruments each year.
The French language has seventeen different words for ‘surrender’.
Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
Bob Dylan’s real name is Robert Zimmerman.
A crocodile can’t poke its tongue out :p
Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don’t drift away from each other.
A small child could swim through the veins of a blue whale.
Bin Laden’s death was announced on 1st May 2011. Hitler’s death was announced on 1st May 1945.
J.K. Rowling chose the unusual name ‘Hermione’ so young girls wouldn’t be teased for being nerdy!
Hewlett-Packard’s name was decided in a coin toss.
The total number of steps in the Eiffel Tower are 1665.
The Pokémon Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are based off of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
The toothpaste ‘Colgate’ in Spanish translates to ‘go hang yourself’. Read More.
Pirates wore earrings because they believed it improved their eyesight.
Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula.”
Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg Corn Flakes in hopes that it would reduce masturbation.
The testicles on an octopus are located in its head!
In England, in the 1880’s, “Pants” was considered a dirty word.
It snowed in the Sahara desert for 30 minutes on the 18th February 1979.
Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
If you leave everything to the last minute… it will only take a minute.
Ithyphallophobia is the fear of erections.
The first alarm clock could only ring at 4am.
Birds don’t urinate.
Dying is illegal in the Houses of Parliaments – This has been voted as the most ridiculous law by the British citizens.
The word ‘ejaculation’ comes from the Latin word meaning ‘throwing out’.
The 20th of March is known as Snowman Burning Day!
