Hmmm, interesting.

The UK has a bigger population than the combination of Australia,Canada and New
Zealand,despite being less than 2% of their total size (by area).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_population_density#Methodology

Dogs kick after they pee and poo to mark their territory further,not necessarily to
cover it up.The glands in their paws help mark and spread their scent in the dirt
and grass surrounding the area.

http://miniaturepaws.com/why-do-dogs-kick-dirt-after-they-poop/

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM),Canada turns into a nightclub/lounge at
night,where you can drink and explore every gallery after hours.

http://www.rom.on.ca/en/activities-programs/rom-friday-night-live

Kim Jong II wanted to make his father a quilt from the softest material in the world
so with the help of the North Korean populace,killed 700,000 sparrows for their neck feathers.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-06-21/news/9406210175_1_il-dear-leader-sung

Alexander Selkirk,a Scottish sailor,was left stranded on a desert island,but survived for
over 4 years,partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked
during the night.

http://www.boaterexam.com/blog/2011/05/real-castaways.aspx

Jennifer Aniston was offered a spot as a featured player on Saturday Night Live,but
turned it down to accept the role of Rachel on friends.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_anniston

Jazz artist,Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet was bent by accident one night.However,he
liked the sound so much that he continued to have trumpets made that were bent
upwards 45-degrees.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizzy_gillespie#Later_years

The Hercules Beetle can lift up to 850 times its own body weight,making it the
strongest creature on earth for its size.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_beetle

A Hong Kong billionaire has offered $65m to any man able to woo and marry his
lesbian daughter.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19733003

The word “woman” is believed to have derived from the Middle English term wyfman, broken down simply as the wife (wyf) of man. In Old English, women were described simply as wyf, while the term man was used to describe a human person, regardless of gender.


The English word “girl” was initially used to describe a young person of either sex. It was not until the beginning of the sixteenth century that the term was used specifically to describe a female child.

The biological sign for the female sex, a circle placed on top of a small cross, is also the symbol for the planet Venus.

The English language originally delineated between women in different stages of life with the terms “maiden,” “mother,” and “crone.” A maiden referred to a young girl who was unmarried, a mother referred to a woman in her child-bearing years, and a crone described a post-menopausal woman

The record for the most female orgasms is 134 in one hour.

Because there is an increase in blood circulation around the genitals during a woman’s period, she may experience more powerful orgasms during this time.

The word “clitoris” is Greek for “divine and goddess like.” The clitoris is present only in female mammals. It is actually approximately 4 inches long, with 3/4 of the clitoris extending inside a female’s body.

Women are capable of having different types of orgasms, depending on the stimulation.

The average height of a woman in the U.S. is approximately 5 feet 4 inches, and the
average weight is about 163 pounds.

There are roughly four million more women than men in the U.S.

The most common cause of death for American women is heart disease, which
causes just over 27% of all mortalities in females. Cancer ranks just below, causing
22% of female deaths.

The probability of a woman giving birth to a baby girl instead of a baby boy
increases significantly the nearer the mother lives to the equator. While the
cause of this gender selection is unknown, scientists believe the constant sunlight
hours and abundant food supply in tropical regions may favor female births.

What about mole rats who wear clothes?

The Vatican City is home to the world's only ATM that gives instructions in Latin.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1540843/Popes-Latinist-pronounces-death-of-a-language.html

Meat production causes 1/5 of global greenhouse gases.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-greenhouse-hamburger

A man was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for kicking a would-be suicide bomber
in the balls during the 2007 terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Glasgow_International_Airport_attack#John_Smeaton_QGM

In 2011 a man from Minnesota was arrested and charged for converting a vibrator
into an explosive device with the intention of giving it to his ex-girlfriend for Christmas.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/man-busted-building-vibrator-bomb

According to Dictionary.com,"Ironic" is the most commonly misused word.

http://hotword.dictionary.com/ironic/

The biblical "40 days and 40 nights" is not literal,but an old Jewish expression for "a very long time"

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/08/the-biblical-expression-40-days-and-40-nights-just-means-a-really-long-time/

Kevin Hines who jumped from the Golden Gate bridge survived because,as he fell
toward the water,decided that he wanted to live after all,and positioned himself
so he hit the water feet first.He suffered serious injuries but was kept alive
by a black seal swimming below.

http://superforest.org/2010/05/inspiration-information-kevin-hines/

Winston Churchill once defined tact as "the ability to tell someone to go to hell
in such a way that they look forward to the trip."

Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was a box office failure because mothers thought
the lessons were "too cruel" for children to understand.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Wilder#Willy_Wonka.2C_Young_Frankenstein.2C_and_Richard_Pryor

An old man gained the trust of a Belgian bank by bringing the workers chocolate.He
was given VIP access to the bank vault and in 2007,stole $28 million worth of
diamonds.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/five-largest-diamond-heists.htm#page=7

Jimmy Carter was the first American president to be born in a hospital.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter

There is a community college that is isolated in the middle of a California
Valley at which students live on campus but pay almost nothing,and are instead
required to work at least 20 hours a week in jobs such as cook,butcher,or "cowboy".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Springs_College

Researchers polled 250 children regarding their opinions on clowns;all 250
children in the study reported that they found the clowns frightening.


.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulrophobia

Gary Oldman once lost his British accent due to all of his hard preparations for
different roles.He went to a speech therapist to help gain it back.

http://blog.chron.com/celebritybuzz/2012/02/gary-oldman-needed-help-regaining-british-accent/

More Colombians die every year from American tobacco than Americans die from
Colombian cocaine.

http://www.population-security.org/swom-96-07.htm

When British Airways was having trouble erecting the London eye,the owner of
Virgin flew an airship over it that said "BA Can't Get It Up"

http://flightcomputer.net/ba-cant-get-it-up/#

Our brain has a negativity bias causing us to continually look for bad news.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rick-hanson-phd/dont-keep-fear-alive-for-_b_746255.html

Cheetah's were almost wiped out by the last ice-age,and all the modern cheetah's
are descended from a small portion of the surviving cats that interbred to maintain
their species.Because of this,cheetahs are practically genetic clones of one another.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/rare-breed.html

There's a bra designed to break into 2 gas masks in case of emergency.

http://gizmodo.com/5647921/the-bra-that-doubles-as-a-gas-mask-is-now-for-sale

a banana has 4 times more "a"s than a boysenberry, even though the boysenberry has no "a"s at all!

Orgasms can sometimes trigger a NDE or near death experience,causing one
to feel like they are leaving their physical body.

http://www.near-death.com/experiences/triggers21.html

Scientists considered bombing Japanese volcanoes in order to trigger
an eruption during WWII.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_ykDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA103&ots=J0tyx4uhhH&dq=bombing+volcano&pg=PA104&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=bombing%20volcano&f=false

Iraq once had one of the highest quality schools and colleges in the Arab world.
However, after the 1991 Gulf War and the United Nations sanctions, today only
around 40% of Iraqis can read and write.

Before the eraser was invented,white bread was used to remove pencil marks.

http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryfaqs/f/eraser.htm

An enormous insect, so large that it was known as a “tree lobster," was thought
extinct but has recently been discovered on a tiny island.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/six-legged-giant-finds-secret-hideaway-hides-for-80-years

During a meeting with the UN,North Koreans came with AK-47s under their
jackets.Instead of confronting them,American officers turned up the heat
in the room to make them sweat under their heavy clothes.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0307/feature1/

Aztec society was one of the first societies that required education for all
it's members,regardless of gender or social status.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_society#Education

Before syphilis had a name,it was called the "French disease" in Italy;the "Italian
disease" in France;the "Spanish disease" in the Netherlands;the "Polish disease" in
Russia;the "Christian disease" in Turkey; and the "British desease" in Tahiti.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_syphilis#Historical_terms

When Christopher Columbus landed on what he later named Hispaniola in 1492, the
people greeted him with offerings, unaware that he was claiming their lands for
Spain. By 1508, the Hispaniola's native Arawak/Taíno population had fallen from
about 400,000 to just 60,000 due to the devastating social, political, ecological,
and immunological effects of Spain’s arrival. Ten years later, less than 3,000
Arawak/Taínos remained alive on Hispaniola.

Baboons kidnap puppies and raise them as pets.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animals-and-us/201112/scientific-mystery-do-wild-baboons-kidnap-puppies-pets

A study found out when dieters ate two eggs for breakfast for five days out of
the week,they lost 65 percent more weight than dieters who consumed a bagel in the
morning.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/429607-5-foods-that-keep-you-thin/?utm_source=livestrong_opar&utm_medium=3

A rock shot from a lawn mower can have the same force as a bullet from a .357 magnum.

http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/19980508173109data_trunc_sys.shtml