Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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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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There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
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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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Paul McCartney dreamed the melody of "Yesterday" one night and immediately wrote the music the next morning. He then looked around for a month to make sure that he didn't subconsciously plagiarize it from somebody else.
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The hole in the soda can tab is actually used to hold a straw in place and stop it from rising.
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