"There is a bone fragment on display at the Museum of Chinon in France that was once reputed to belong to Joan of Arc. A 2008 study showed that the bone actually came from an Egyptian mummy."
"There is a zoo in Japan that has tiny holes in the Otter enclosure allowing for people who visit the zoo to shake hands with the otters. "
"After the American Revolution from the British, in 1777, Morocco was the first country to recognize the United States of America."
"An elephant-sized sloth existed and went extinct only 10,000 years ago. It was one of the largest land mammals, measuring up to 6m (20ft) and weighing 4 tons."
"“Fruit” is a botanical term and “Vegetable” is a culinary term. It means that a tomato can be considered both a fruit and a vegetable"
"The myth that piranhas can quickly devour a human alive stems from Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to Brazil, when local fishermen deliberately starved piranhas to show off for the US President. "
"In 1983, Marvel Comics actually published a number of comics about a ‘Spider-Pig’ though his name was Peter Porker, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Ham."
"The Dutch East India Company was the first multinational corporation in existence, created in 1602. It is the first company to issue stocks and is the granddaddy of all corporations today."
"In 2001, a teenager in Sweden was arrested for suspicion of treason after throwing a strawberry tart at the King."
"Left turns make up less than 10% of all UPS truck turns. This policy was put into place in 2004 and has saved UPS 10 million gallons of fuel. "
"Bald Eagles are so named because “balde” is an Old English word meaning “white.”"
"Rice thrown at weddings poses absolutely no danger to birds. It is just a myth that the rice grains suck up water from the birds’ moist innards and cause them to violently burst."
"Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack are widely credited with helping end segregation in Las Vegas, by refusing to perform in venues that wouldn’t allow blacks. "
"In the UK you can get a medal for living with diabetes for a certain number of years. "
"Frank Gusenberg, died of 14 gunshot wounds a few hours after he was shot during the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. When asked who shot him, he replied: ” No one…nobody shot me.” His last words were “I ain’t no copper.”"
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#12 Actually there were many reports of dead pigeons in Central Park, and when autopsies they were found with burst stomachs full if rice. This was after an epic number of weddings one year, creating a law making rice illegal to throw at weddings there.