There’s a penguin named Brigadier Sir Nils Olav III who is the ceremonial head of the Norwegian Royal Guard

In the Pompeii eruption, the extreme heat caused some victims' brain tissue to turn to glass.

There are more slaves today than in any point in history

Female dragonflies drop out the sky and pretend to be dead to avoid unwanted male advances.

Oxford University predates the Aztec Empire by 3.5 centuries.

In 1895 there were 2 cars out of the entire state of Ohio and they still managed to crash into each other

The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.

People were on the moon before they put wheels on suitcases.

Bananas are berries and strawberries aren't.

The greenland shark, has a life expectancy of between 250-500 years. That means there could be a greenland shark swimming around, that swam the oceans when the Spanish conquistadors went to search Mexico for gold, which at that time, were inhabited by the Aztecs.

The chainsaw was invented to aid in childbirth. It was used and invented in the 1700s to cut through the woman's pelvic bone before C-sections became the commonplace way to deliver babies.

Snails have 14,000 teeth and eat bones and meat not just vegetables.

A fully loaded Amazon Kindle is a billionth of a billionth of a gram heavier than an empty one.

Sharks existed before grass.

The ancient Egyptian empire lasted more than 3000 years. It has been less time since the empire fell.

The lighter was invented before matches.

The Mantis shrimp punches so hard it generates light.

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of big words.

McDonalds feeds 1% of the world’s population daily.

Australia has the largest amount of wild camels in the world. There are more pet tigers in Texas than there are in the wild of the entire planet.

Humans can smell geosmin (the chemical released when it rains or snows) at 5 parts per trillion. Which means that humans are 200,000 times more sensitive to smelling geosmin than sharks are at smelling blood.

Koalas are so dumb that they can't recognize a eucalyptus leaf if it isn't attached to a tree.

The day Michael Jackson's hair caught fire while filming a Pepsi commercial was the exact middle of his life. Born: August 29, 1958 (9,281 days) Pepsi incident: January 27, 1984 (9,281 days) Died: June 25, 2009

Butterflies are fond of cow s**t, fresh blood, and corpses.

From 1912 to 1948, the Olympics awarded official medals for painting, sculpture, architecture, literature and music, alongside those for the athletic competitions.

The Michelin Star system was developed by Michelin tires.

Apple seeds contain a substance that releases cyanide into your bloodstream

More people drown in the desert than die of dehydration.

Betty White (1922) is older than packaged sliced bread (1928 in the USA and 1937 in the UK).

Cleopatra only had 2 pairs of great grandparents.

For one hour every year a part of Oregon and Florida will have the same time of day