Actor John Travolta was offered the role of Billy Flynn many times for the movie "Chicago." Richard Gere ended up playing the role
The real name of actress Whoopi Goldberg is Caryn Elaine Johnson
An average home creates more pollution than does the average car
In 1999, All Nippon Airlines, had one of its jets fully decorated with Pokemon characters from nose to tail on its exterior
A 13-year-old boy in India produced winged beetles in his urine after hatching the eggs in his body
Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day. The cells will never be replaced
To tell if a egg is fully cooked or raw, just spin it. If the egg wobbles then it is still raw, and if it easily spins it is fully cooked
Of all the days of the week, the most popular day for people to eat ice cream is Sunday
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets
In an episode of the 1962 cartoon The Jestons, Jane Jetson is talking through a video phone. The phone number of The Jetsons was VENUS-1234
In 1819, the USA purchased Florida from Spain for the cancellation of a $5 million debt
A salmon with two mouths, two sets of teeth and two tongues was caught by Bob Bateman of Canada
Broccoli was first introduced into France during the royal marriage of Catherine de Medici to Henry II of France
Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935
Vikings, after killing their enemies, used their skulls as drinking vessels