Curiosities

"Vomitorium" referred to the corridor in an ancient amphitheater through which the audience reached the rows of seats.
The tongue of a blue whale weighs about as much as an elephant.
The 3000-year-old mummy of Pharaoh Ramses II was given an Egyptian passport in 1974 so that it could be flown out to Paris for restoration.
There are over 300 bodies on Mount Everest that cannot be recovered and serve as trail markers for other climbers. The best known are the frozen corpse of Hannelore Schmatz and an unknown climber known as "Green Boots" because of his neon green boots.
Humans and giraffes have the same number of vertebrae.
The name "Häagen Dazs" has no meaning. It is a fantasy word to suggest European quality to American customers. The most accurate translation would be "garden toilet".
Some turtle species can breathe through their anus.
The meteor responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs hit the coast of Yucatán, Mexico. The crater is still preserved today.
Swearing can help to reduce stress.
The egg yolk contains more protein than the egg white.
Charlie Chaplin once took part in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest and lost.
An octopus can eat itself when it is very excited.
All clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" show 4:20.
The "sandwich" is named after an English nobleman, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. This goes back to the fact that he had sandwiches made as a snack while playing cards.
Owls have no eyeballs.
The Scottish national animal is the unicorn.
The Tetris song is based on the Russian folk song "Korobeiniki".
The Eiffel Tower in Paris shrinks by 15 centimeters in the cold.
There are only 3 words (excluding names) in the German language that end in "nf": Hanf (Hemp), Senf (mustard) and Fünf (five).
Snails have between 1,000 and 12,000 teeth.
Flamingos are actually gray and white. The pink color comes from their diet.
We are more likely to remember bad dreams than good ones.