That the ancient Greek language actually derived from a language called Linear B from the Minoan civilisation

it isn't always sunny in philly

i'm reading a book about natural wonders of the world and really didn't know that the rate of erosion of the Niagara falls has been around 3 feet per year.

The largest crocodile was 20 feet 3 inches long

There are more combinations to a deck of cards than there are atoms on earth.

In the center of our galaxy lies a supermassive black hole 

That apparently heterosexual men will marry homosexual zoo owners if they have a steady supply of meth.

Charles Darwin's personal pet tortoise didn't die until recently, meanwhile 

the average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.

In 1945, a Republican group was looking for someone to run against a popular Congressman in California. They placed an ad, which was seen by a family friend of the Nixons, who called him up and suggested he give it a shot.

Richard Nixon got into politics by answering an ad in a local paper

People really don't care how you are . They just want a polite answer, because truth makes them uncomfortable.

All components of the universe rotate anti-clockwise as in the particles of atoms rotating around the nuclei of the atom also all planets rotate around the sun anti-clockwise too except Venus. 

It might snow today...which is really really weird...

aerogel isn't a real gel compound

In doing 'rainforest' homeschooling work with my son, I have only just learnt that banana's don't grow on trees. They're classed as just a herb plant. Never knew that! In honesty, never really needed to know, but still! Fact!