You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
209
People who laugh more are better able to tolerate pain - both physical and emotional.
36
The cruise liner, 'Queen Elizabeth 2', moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
26
Daft Punk named their band after a negative reviewer called their act "a bunch of daft punk."
58
An iceberg contains more heat than a lit match.
73
The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
10
Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
29
If you flip a coin ten times, the odds against its coming up with the same side showing each time are 1,023 to 1.
39