Only about 30 percent of teenage males consistently apply sun protection lotion when going poolside, compared to 46 percent of female teens.

In many countries, it is the custom to wish friends a "Happy Birthday" on January 1st, rather than a "Happy New Year." This day is nicknamed "Everyman's Birthday," and is considered the day when everyone becomes a year older, whether it's their actual day of birth or not. Similarly, this practice is observed in horse racing. No matter when a ...Read more

After more than a century as a dessert for royalty alone, ice cream was made available to the general public for the first time at Café Procope, the first café in Paris, in 1670.

The heart beats faster during a brisk walk or heated argument than during sexual intercourse.

You can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth. Most males have 40, females have 36.

The color of the blood of an octopus is bluish-green.

The country with the most post offices is India with over 152,792, compared with just over 38,000 in the United States.

Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it is known as Tennessee.

Greyhounds have the best eyesight of any breed of dog.

The ball on top of a flagpole is called a "truck."

Some crickets burrow megaphone-like tunnels that help transport the sound of their chirps as far as 2,000 feet away.

The heart beats faster during a brisk walk or heated argument than during sexual intercourse.

The common carp lives up to 25 years in the wild, and up to 40 years in captivity. The durable fish can survive in waters up to 90 degrees F, and can even withstand freezing for short periods.

Scientists have found that the skin of the armpits can harbor up to 516,000 bacteria per square inch, while drier areas, such as the forearm, have only about 13,000 bacteria per square inch.

According to one poll, 60 percent of the men surveyed admitted that they spit in public.

William Caxton, an English printer, established the first printing press in English in 1476.

Company in Brazil (Suite Vollard) constructed a building in which each floor can rotate 360 degrees. Each building has 11 apartments and each apartment can spin individually in any direction. One rotation takes a full hour, but apartment owner can set rotation speed through apartment control panel. Facades are made of three different types of ...Read more

Not exactly -- Initial results with tanks were mixed, with problems in reliability (and impatient high command) causing considerable attrition in combat. Deployment in small groups also lessened their tactical value and impact, which was still formidable during first encounters. German forces suffered from shock and lacked counter-weapons, ...Read more

A boar's head is a traditional Christmas dish. According to a popular story, the unlucky boar whose head began the custom in the Middle Ages was killed by choking to death on a book of Greek philosophy. The story claims that a university student saved himself from a charging boar by ramming a book of Aristotle's writings down its throat. He then...Read more

A rodent's teeth never stop growing. They are worn down by the animal's constant gnawing on bark, leaves, and other vegetable matter.