A fireplace is called a ‘mantelpiece’ because, at one time, people hung their coats (or ‘mantles’) over the fireplace to dry them.
If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.
The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.
The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids
When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight
Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right side, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left
97% of the earth's water is undrinkable
The Chinese first invented the system of zoos, and called them Parks of Intelligence
Shoe sizes were standardized in Britain in 1885
Humans, Ants and Chimpanzees are the only organisms that wage organized warfare
