There are no clocks in gambling play arena of casinos in Las Vegas! |
Due to the scarcity of metale, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. |
Divorce is still illegal in the Vatican City and the Philippines. You're not allowed to get a divorce! |
Kleine-Levin Syndrome is a disorder that causes people to sleep for weeks at a time. They wake up only to eat. |
The Three Musketeers author, Alexandre Dumas may not have had the option of many typewriters, but that didn't mean he couldn't keep his writing genres separate. He followed a routine of colour-blocking his creative writing, using pink paper for non-fiction, blue for fiction and yellow for poetry. |
100 gm of moist peach seed contains 88 mg of cyanide. And yes, eating 100 gm of peach seed wouldn't be the safest thing to do. |
Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow film down so you could see his moves. |
The word 'lethologica' describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. |
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. |
According to Greek Mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate beings, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves. ~ Plato's The Symposium |