Penicillin was so scarce and precious before 1944 that it was extracted from the patients urine to be re-used

After the “Popeye” comic strip started in 1931 spinach consumption went up by 33 percent in the US

The average woman spends about 2 years of her lifetime looking at herself in a mirror Men spend about 6 months

Houseflies don t allow their short lifespans to hinder their musical abilities They always hum in the key of F

If you put a piece of scotch tape over an inflated balloon and stick a needle through it the balloon won t pop

Alexander Graham Bell originally wanted people to greet each other on the phone by saying Ahoy instead of Hello

Being dumped often leads to frustration attraction causing the person who got dumped to love their ex even more

If one puts a piece of scotch tape over an inflated balloon and stick a needle through it the balloon won t pop

Samoa Air became the world s first airline to introduce a pricing policy which charges passengers by body weight

Despite having over 43 quintillion arrangements you are never more than 20 moves away from solving a Rubik s Cube

Bone China is so called because powdered animal bone is mixed with the clay to give it translucency and whiteness

Based on a psychological study a crush only lasts for a maximum of 4 months If it exceeds you are already in love

Sydney-based Treasury Wine Estates Ltd has been forced to destroy 145 million worth of wine due to poor U S sales

The distance between an alligator s eyes in inches is directly proportional to the length of the alligator in feet

The two-foot long bird called a Kea that lives in New Zealand likes to eat the strips of rubber around car windows