In 1974, Yasser Arafat addressed the General Assembly of the UN with a pistol strapped

to his belt.
The average life span of a single red blood cell is 120 days.
If a rainbow is seen from a plane it is possible to see the rainbow as an entire circle and
not just an arc.
A male ballet dancer is referred to as a 'danseur noble.'
The surface area of the lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court.
On average, humans have 9,000 taste buds in their mouths, tongues, and throats.
The expression "Tying the Knot" comes from an old Roman custom where the brides
clothes were tied up all in knots and the groom was supposed to untie the knots.
The colours yellow, red, and orange are used in fast food restaraunts because those are
the colours that stimulate hunger.
The word photography is derived from two Greek words for "writing" and "light."
The wick of a trick candle has small amounts of magnesium in them. When you light
the candle, you are also lighting the magnesium. When someone tries to blow out the
flame, the magnesium inside the wick continues to burn and, in just a split second (or two
or three), relights the wick.
The kings in a deck of cards each represent a great king from history. The king of
spades is King David, the king of clubs is Alexander the Great, the king of hearts is
Charlemagne, and the king of diamonds is Julius Caesar.
The word Assassin is derived from a Middle Eastern religious and political sect known
as Hashishins. The name means 'hashish smoker' which refers to the practice of taking
hashish to induce visions of ecstacy before murdering their enemies as their religious
duty. They were very good at what they did.
There are more than 200 satellites orbiting Earth solely for the purpose of private
communications services, including pagers, telephones, and computers.
The French kiss was first known as "maraichinage," a term to describe the prolonged,
deep, tongue kiss practiced by the Maraichins, inhabitants of Brittany, France.
When out hiking or camping, you can determine how much daylight is left by holding
your fist up to the western horizon. Stack your fists on top of one another up to the Suns
level in the sky. Each fist represents about an hour of remaining daylight.
Until 1890, Vatican choirboys were castrated to keep their voices from deepening.
People that study, keep and breed reptiles and amphibians are called Herpetologists!
All pilots on international flights have to identify themselves in English, regardless of
country of origin.
The first vending machines in the US dispensed chewing gum and were installed in
New York City train platforms in 1888.
A shark must keep moving forward to stay alive.