False teeth are often minutely radioactive.
214
It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
569
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.
19
In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
469
In Japan, more adult diapers are sold than baby diapers.
50
It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
492