Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any state of the United States

As a group 18 to 24 year-olds deprived of sleep suffer more from impaired performance than older adults

Jingle Bells was first written for Thanksgiving and then became one of the most popular Christmas songs

The bark of a redwood tree is fireproof Fires that occur in a redwood forest take place inside the trees

World War I ended at precisely eleven o`clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year 1918

Prior to the 1940s Pink was a masculine color - preferred by men while blue was more of a feminine colo

The school buses are generally yellow because the brain registers the color yellow faster than any othe

Research shows that attractive people are more likely to be self-sufficient and less likely to co-operate

Kissing serves the purpose of passing on biological information to assess mating possibilities and status

The cockroach has a high resistance to radiation and is the creature most likely to survive a nuclear wa

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar an England in 1896 Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896 Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes

All pilots on international flights have to identify themselves in English regardless of country of origin

The Ancient Romans used to toast a woman s health by drinking a glass of wine for every letter of her name

A bite is taken out of the Apple logo to provide scale so that the apple wouldn t be mistaken for a cherry