During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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The drummer for the rock group Def Leppard only has one arm.
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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Rex the German Shepherd was a rescue dog with a bad temper. He refused to be fed by humans and would attack strangers, but he’s a changed dog after falling in love with Geraldine the goose!
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