Genghis Khan had over 500 wives and a vast number of children: 1 in 10 people in Central
Asia today are his direct descendants.
Moon dust smells like gunpowder.
Oranges and lemons smell different due to chemically identical molecules that are mirror
images of each other.
An orange is essentially just a left-handed lemon.
When Matt Smith became the 11th Doctor Who in 2010, UK bow-tie sales doubled in a month.
You are 14% more likely to die on your birthday than any other day.
The Inca's measurement of time was based on how long it took to boil a potato.
A typical microwave oven uses more electricity keeping its digital clock on standby than
it does heating food.
The Sami people of northern Finland use a measure called Poronkusema: the distance a
reindeer can walk before needing to urinate.
The lead singer of Iron Maiden has a day job as a Boeing 757 pilot.
Potatoes were illegal in France between 1748 and 1772.
In 1251, Henry III was given a polar bear by the king of Norway.
He kept it in the Tower of London, on a long chain so that it could swim in the Thames.