A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
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There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
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Keanu Reeves gave $75 million of his matrix sequels paycheck to the film’s SFX team and bought the entire stunt crew Harley Davidson motorcycles.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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