Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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Chainsaws were derived from a tool originally intended to help deliver babies
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Australian Graham Barker has been collecting his own belly button fluff every day since 1984 - keeping it in storage jars.
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In November 2013, a woman in Florida named Linda Ducharme married a ferris wheel.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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