"A sailor in the British Royal Navy may only grow a beard if they can achieve a ‘respectably full enough beard’ after two weeks’ growth. "
"A scientific study demonstrated that Duct Tape “… failed reliably and often quite catastrophically,” at sealing ducts."
"Arya is the fastest rising baby name given to girls in USA, most likely due to Game of Thrones."
"Due to the massive success and popularity of Eminem’s “Stan”, the Oxford Dictionary made a definition of “Stan” – ‘an obsessive fan of a particular celebrity’. "
"There is a prequel to “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” called “Halloween is Grinch Night”, which won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program in 1977."
"Saccharin, a key ingredient in Sweet’n Low that was once considered carcinogenic, was removed from The Report on Carcinogens because humans react differently to saccharin than rats do. "
"In the 8th century, Danish king Harald Wartooth, realizing he might die of old age and therefore not go to Valhalla, asked the Swedish king Sigurd for a battle. Wartooth was slain after amassing enough glory, and Sigurd was crowned king of Sweden & Denmark. 40,000 other warriors died."
"Megalithic ruins in Indonesia push human civilization as far back as 20,000 BCE, before the end of the last ice age. "
"In 2002, a Chinese publisher released an unauthorized sequel to the Harry Potter series, consisting of the text of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, but with most names changed to those of Harry Potter characters. "
"The Great Sphinx of Giza is not located in a remote region of the Egyptian desert. Rather, it stares directly at a Pizza Hut and KFC located in what has become a suburb of Cairo. "
"The Spice Girls ran away from the people who put the group together before signing a contract and stole the master recordings of their songs which they demoed around to get a new manager."
"Taurine, a popular energy drink ingredient, is required in cat food products. Without it, cats will lose their fur, teeth, and eyesight. "
"Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco."
"One of the first instances of a stored computer program was in 1801, when Joseph Marie Jacquard demonstrated a loom that wove fabrics based on hole-punched cards that were fed into the machine."
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that's exacly how early computers worked.