| Cupcakes were originally baked in porcelain tea cups hence the name. |
| Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned vehicles since 1898. Tourists and residents rely mostly on walking, biking, and horse-buggy-riding to traverse the 18.84 square miles of land. |
| Our fingers get wrinkly in water because wrinkled fingers can give us stronger grip on slippery objects underwater. |
| The largest living organism is a fungus (Armillaria ostoyae). It covers 2,200 acres (890 hectares) and is responsible for the trees dying in the Malheur National Forest in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon. It is estimated to be at least 2,400 years old, possibly older. |
| Alcohol triggers and stimulates the part of the brain associated with honesty. |
| The necktie was invented in Croatia and was originally part of military dress. |
| According to a Saudi Arabian law, women are not allowed to drive cars; but they are allowed to fly airplanes. |
| Every citizen of Finland has the right to an internet connection. |
| Tetris is so addictive because of our deep-seated psychological drive to tidy up and keep things organized. |
| Macaque monkeys in Japan have learned to steal purses, wallets, take the coins and use them to buy snacks from vending machines. |