
The platypus doesn’t have a stomach at all: Their esophagus goes straight to their intestines.

The African Wildcat is the primary ancestor of modern house cats.

It's illegal to own a red car in Shanghai, China.

Crows are considered to be one of the smartest animals. Not only can they use tools, they can make them too.

In a human foot there are 26 bones.

The first piano was built around 1700 by Bartolomeo Cristofori of Padua, Italy.

The Liberty Bell is also called the Pass and Stow bell, after the metalworkers who cast it.

A butt is a real unit of measurement for a cask of wine. A buttload is about 108 Imperial gallons.

Baby whales grow at an average rate of 10lbs per hour!

In the US, 220,000 marriage proposals are made every year on Valentine's Day.

Rice is the chief food for half the people of the world.

Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt was allergic to moon dust.