The reason why tattoos do not vanish even though we shed our skin is because the dye is injected deeper into the dermis part of the skin. It is only the epidermis that we shed
One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water
On December 17 1991, the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 148-80, the largest margin of victory in an NBA game
Over 50% of the wedding in the U.S. occur in the afternoon
The smallest will ever written was 3.8 cm in diameter. It had 40 words written on it and was signed by two witnesses
The makers of Crayola produce over 2 billion crayons in a year
Harley Proctor got the idea to name the soap "Ivory" while he was listening to a bible reading at a church in 1879
The name "cranberry" comes from German and Dutch settlers. The berry was intially called "crane berry." The reason it was called this was because when the flowers bloom, the petals of the flowers twist backwards and look very much like the head of a crane. Eventually the name was shortened down to be "cranberry."
There are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year
In one minute, the heart of a giraffe can pump 160 gallons of blood
The property (ID, Facts) VALUES on the Monopoly game board are the same today as they were in 1935
The word witch comes from the word "wicca" which translates to the "wise one."
Of all the words Dr. Seuss made up in his storybooks, only one has stuck in the English vocabulary: grinch, which is refers to a killjoy -- and it took more than 20 years
The Xerox company was initially called the Haloid Company
The Australian box-jellyfish has eight eyes