Many sailors used to wear gold earrings so that they could afford a proper burial when they died.
A South African monkey was once awarded a medal and promoted to the rank of corporal during World War I.
Atilla the Hun is thought to have been a dwarf.
Paul Revere was a dentist.
The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.
When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn't understand German.
The Toltecs, Seventh-century native Mexicans, went into battle with wooden swords so as not to kill their enemies.
Before it was stopped by the British, it was the not uncommon for women in some areas of India to choose to be burnt alive on their husband's funeral pyre.
People in Siberia often buy milk frozen on a stick.
Coffins which are due for cremation are usually made with plastic handles.
Blackbird, who was the chief of Omaha Indians, was buried sitting on his favourite horse.
A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
The largest hailstone ever recorded was 17.5 inches in diameter - bigger than a basketball.
Although identified with Scotland, bagpipes are actually a very ancient instrument, introduced into the British Isles by the Romans.
The typical person will consume approximately 30 tons of food in their lifetime. That's equivalent to about six elephants.
There are enough blood vessels in a person's body to wrap around the world almost three times (70,000 miles).
There are over 58 million dogs in the U.S.
Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate.
There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world.
Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum.
