| About 80% of all cats are infected with Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that can cause depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia in humans. |
| The temperature of a woman's face rises when she makes contact with a male... causing her skin to 'glow'. |
| In February 1945, Elizabeth II joined the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service, as an honorary Second Subaltern with the service number of 230873. She trained as a driver and mechanic, drove a military truck, and was promoted to honorary Junior Commander five months later. She is the last surviving head of state who served in uniform during the Second World War. |
| Ikea is the world's largest and richest "non-profit charity". |
| The popular electronics store Best Buy was originally called "Sound of Music". |
| Hugh Jackman went without water for 36 hours before filming the opening scene of "Les Miserables". |
| Killing a panda in China is punishable by death. |
| The 'butterfly' may have gotten its name from its yellow excrement and the middle Dutch word 'boterschijte' which meant 'butter-shitter'. |
| A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $113,500 after she slipped on a soft drink and broke her coccyx (tailbone). The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument. |
| The state of Mississippi did not ratify the 13th Amendment and abolish slavery until 1995. |