| In addition to the 6 million Jews, about an equal number of Catholics, Christians and homosexuals were killed in Nazi concentration camps. |
| An Interpol "red notice" is an alert to all 190 members - something Interpol calls a global 'tripwire' to track down fugitives. |
| The necktie was invented in Croatia and was originally part of military dress. |
| That smell after rain is caused by bacteria called actinomycetes. |
| An 'eccedentesiast' is someone who prefers to hide emotional pain with a smile and or laughter. |
| The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and the UK in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. |
| If there is a statue of a man on a horse and the horse has both of its front feet in the air, then the man died in a battle. |
| In June 2006, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) added 'Google' as a verb. |
| LASER is an acronym for "Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation". |
| Love actually has nothing to do with one's heart. It's all chemical reactions inside brain. |