Speaking of brains. The brain is our fattiest organ and is composed of nearly 60% fat.

Your nose is always visible to you, but your brain ignores it thanks to a process called. Unconscious Selective Attention.’

Sudan has nearly twice as many pyramids as Egypt.

The word Jurassic comes from the Celtic word for “forest.”

Guy Fawkes is the reason guys are called “guys.”

February, at one point, was the last month of the year.

In September 2007, Kevin Shelley broke 46 wooden toilet seats with his head in one minute. It’s a world record.

The Japanese have a work philosophy that they call “kaizen,” where people constantly seek ways to improve methods rather than just doing it the same way.

Tyromancy is the practice of predicting the future with cheese.

Before the risks of X-ray technology was fully understood, some shoe shops used to use X-rays to measure for shoe sizes.

Iguanas have three eyes. Two normal eyes and a third eye on top of their head that only perceives brightness.

Big Ben is starting to lean. If untouched, then in 4,000 years it will be at the same angle as the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Australia has over 10,000 beaches. You could visit a new beach every day for 27 years!

Nicolas Cage is the one who convinced Johnny Depp to pursue a career in acting in the 80s.

Viagra, when dissolved in water, can make cut flowers stay erect for up to a week longer than they usually would.

There is an uninhabited island in the Bahamas known as Pig Beach, which is populated entirely by swimming pigs.

Catnip is ten times more effective at repelling mosquitoes than DEET, the main substance used in insect repellents.

If eaten in one meal, 30 to 90 grams of polar bear liver is enough to kill a human being.

In the early 1900s, Lobster was considered the “cockroach of the ocean” and was synonymous with the poor.

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