
Brain fibers lose 10% of their total length every decade. They can shrink even more so under acute stress.

The name jasmine rice refers to the color of the rice, which is as white as the jasmine flower.

A moth has no stomach.

The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean. If Mount Everest were placed inside the trench, the peak of the mountain would still be more than one mile underwater.

46 million turkeys are eaten in the United States each Thanksgiving.
Salvador Dalí designed the Chupa Chups logo.
There were 19 living men in Austria found to be direct descendants of Ötzi the Iceman in 2013 determined by blood testing.

The only female deer who have antlers are reindeer.

The thinnest skin on the human body is on the eyelids. It's only 0.002 inches thick.
The country of Monaco has the highest life expectancy at almost 90 years.

Watermelons can cost up to $100 in Japan!

There's a library in Ankara, Turkey, that's filled with discarded books trash collectors rescued from landfills.