Grass is the most successful plant in the world covering more than 25% of land on Earth. It feeds more wild life than any other plant.
Originally biscuits were baked twice, leaving them very hard and almost tasteless. "Bis" comes from Latin meaning "twice," and "cuit" from French meaning "baked."
The first person to ride down Niagara falls in a barrel and survive was a 63 years old dance teacher from Pennsylvania named Annie Taylor. Before taking the plunge, she launched a test barrel with her cat inside. The cat survived.
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The human body cannot produce vitamin C, an essential nutrient. To ensure adequate levels of vitamin C it must be consumed daily.
Direct sunlight is essential for good health. Not receiving enough sunlight is a condition called mal-illumination, resulting in Vitamin D deficiency, and other health issues.
The world record holder for breaking wooden toilet seats with the head is Kevin Shelley, having broken 46 seats in one minute.
Elephants use their ears to cool down. The big skin surface and moves like a fan blade and can reduce their body temperature by about 10 degrees Celsius (20 Fahrenheit).
The Bibhorr formula is a new mathematical formula to calculate the angles of a right angle triangle without using Sine and Cosine functions. Once the length of all sides are known, the numbers are simply plugged into the formula which results in the angle that is opposite to the middle sized side. The formula is: 90*(Longest Side + Medium Side - Shortest Side)^2 / (Medium Side)^2 + 1.5*(Longest Side)*(Longest Side + Medium Side - Shortest Side)
Dolphins sleep with only one side of their brain, keeping one eye open and one eye closed. They surface every 20 to 30 minutes to breathe, and they are never totally unconscious while sleeping.
An ostrich egg equals 24 chicken eggs, and can feed 12 people breakfast. They weigh about 3 pounds (1.4kg).
Rome, Italy is the city with the most fountains in the world, totaling more than 2000. The closest competitor is Kansas City, having 200 fountains.
Kites were invented more than 3000 years ago, in ancient China, and used in battles to frighten the enemy.
The day Saturday is named after the planet Saturn, which in turn was named after the Roman god of agriculture, Saturn.
The world biggest restaurant buffet organized in November, 2010 by Art of Living Foundation in India offered more than 5000 different dishes.
The earth spins around the sun at 66,480 miles/h (107,000 km/h). It takes a year to travel completely around, a distance of 584 million miles (940 million kilometers).
More than 1.5 million seeds of various plants from around the world are stored at the Svalbard global seed vault in Norway. To ensure the safety of the seeds, it was built inside a tunnel carved under a mountain.
