Ancient Roman empresses wore sandals with soles of pure gold, encrusted with precious stones
The jaw muscle is the most powerful one in the body
Studies show that more children are born after a new and full moons that at any other time. More boys are born after full moons, and girls are born after new moons
Pandiculation is the act of yawning
Mosquitoes have 47 teeth
Because sharks have no swim bladder, they must swim constantly to avoid sinking.
In 1911, a Polish biochemist named Casimir Funk first used the term "vitamins".
Saint Augustine of Hippo is the patron saint of printers, theologians and brewers.
On the average day, Americans spend $2.5 million washing their cars.
For a brief time, New York City was known as New Orange.
The telescope was not invented by Galileo. It was created in 1608 in Holland. Galileo built his first telescope the following year.
Humans cannot hear sounds with a lower frequency than 16 cycles per second. If people could hear lower frequencies, they would be able to hear their muscles working.
Daddy longlegs are not spiders. They only have one body segment instead of two and chew their food instead of sucking it.
