| In the middle ages, people would pin the name of their sweetheart to their sleeve on Valentine's Day and keep it there for a week, hence 'wearing their heart on their sleeve'. |
| Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. |
| Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. |
| Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. |
| The night of January 20 is “Saint Agnes’s Eve,” which is regarded as a time when a young woman dreams of her future husband. |
| Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers. |
| If you add up all the number on a roulette wheel, that is 1through 36, you get 666, the biblical number of fallen man. |
| The spots on dice are called "pips." |
| Big Ben is actually the name of the largest bell inside the London clock tower, not of the clock itself. |
| In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted. |