It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland

Dolphins don t automatically breath; they have to tell themselves to do it

Groaking is to watch people eating food hoping they’ll offer you some

The ancient Romans used urine as toothpaste mouthwash and laundry detergent

Nike s slogan Just Do It came from the last words of a murderer on death row

Almonds are a member of the peach family and apples belong to the rose family

Each day in the US animal shelters are forced to destroy 30 000 dogs and cats

During a 1976 doctors strike the death rate in Los Angeles dropped 18 percent

In the southern hemisphere water always swirl anti-clockwise down into a pipe

Every time Beethoven sat down to write music he poured ice water over his head

The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start

A brand named Shreddies produces underwears that filter the smell of flatulence

If you inhale a pea it s possible for it to sprout and grow while in your lungs

A chemical found in pee called Urea is put into cigarettes for a better flavou

Until 1890 Vatican choirboys were castrated to keep their voices from deepening