When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
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There's a flower called "Hooker's Lips" that literally looks like a set of hooker's lips.
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Most people who read the word 'yawning' will yawn!
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In Japan, it is tradition for husbands to get a monthly allowance from their wives.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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