Niagara Falls has never frozen since 1964.
Owls have no eyeballs.
Sharks have been on earth longer than trees.
Due to their chemical composition, comets smell like rotten eggs and urine.
Inhabitants of the Ivory Coast are called Ivorians. The term comes from the official country name "Cote d'Ivoire".
The Scottish national animal is the unicorn.
The meteor responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs hit the coast of Yucatán, Mexico. The crater is still preserved today.
Only 2% of all people have green eyes.
Mark Zuckerberg is red-green-blind and has therefore chosen blue as Facebook's color.
All clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" show 4:20.
In the 1940s, a rooster lived without a head for 18 months.
Horses cannot vomit.
The first cell phone call was made in New York City on April 3, 1973.
Humans inhale between 6-9 liters of oxygen per minute.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris shrinks by 15 centimeters in the cold.
The shortest war in history (England against Zanzibar) lasted only 38 minutes.
Octopuses have a dominant arm.
Ants do not have lungs, they breathe through tracheas.
"Vomitorium" referred to the corridor in an ancient amphitheater through which the audience reached the rows of seats.
Charlie Chaplin once took part in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest and lost.
Snails have between 1,000 and 12,000 teeth.
The oldest known dog in the world lived to be almost 30 years old.