On average, every dollar bill you touch has over 3,000 different types of bacteria.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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Applying vodka to your face helps tighten your pores and can reduce the risk of acne breakouts.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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