Cleopatra had a special lipstick made for her, consisting of crushed ants and deep red carmine beetles.

The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that just one gram of it can kill 150 people.

Mosquitos prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes

Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua is the only fresh water lake in the world that has sharks.

The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.

About 1 in 30 people in the U. S. are in jail, on probation or on parole.

The dot over the “i” is called a tittle.

Harrison Ford has a species of spider named after him.

Astronauts cannot burp in space.

More than 25 percent of the world’s forests are in Siberia

Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts

The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.

The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.

The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the world.