Kelp

When using kelp as food, dried kelp should be stored in a cool, dry place, while fresh kelp should be refrigerated and used quickly.

Sugarland

Sugarland appeared on Sesame Street episode that first aired during Season 38 on September 14, 2007.

Plasticine

Plasticine was invented by William Harbutt in England in 1897.

Budgies

Budgies poop every 12 to 15 minutes.

Chuck Norris

The UN does not negotiate with terrorists. They let Chuck Norris deal with them.

Keanu Reeves

The mother of actor Keanu Reeves worked as a costume designer for musician Alice Cooper.

Kermit the Frog

Kermit the Frog was "born" in 1955 on the show "Sam and Friends".

Family Feud

Richard Dawson, the host of the original Family Feud, met his second wife when she was a member of a contestant family on the show. In his second stint hosting the show, he did not kiss the female contestants as a promise to his wife and daughter.

Time in Australia

Australia has both horizontal and vertical time zones in summer.

LBD

It was in 1926 that Coco Chanel that introduced the "Little Black Dress". The style has now become a fashion staple for women.

Wireless Nation

In 2003, Niue became the world's first "WiFi nation", where free wireless Internet access is provided throughout the country by The Internet Users Society-Niue.

Las Vegas Weather

In Las Vegas, the average temperature is 66.3 degrees (19 degrees centigrade), average yearly rainfall 4.13 inches (10.64 centimeters), average daily humidity 29 percent, and has 211.5 clear days annually, 82.4 partly cloudy days, 71.3 cloudy days.

Batteries

The oldest known batteries were discovered near Baghdad and are roughly 2000 years old.

Moustache

In a deck of cards the King of Hearts is the only king without a moustache.

Pumpkins!

Irish children used to carve out potatoes or turnips and light them for their Halloween gatherings. They commemorated Jack, a shifty Irish villain so wicked that neither God nor the Devil wanted him. Rejected by both the sacred and profane, he wandered the world endlessly looking for a place to rest, his only warmth a glittering candle in a rotten turnip.

Shocking fact about the CN Tower

Lightning strikes Toronto's CN Tower an average of 75 times per year. Long copper strips run down the CN Tower to grounding rods buried below ground to prevent damage.

Opera

In opera, contraltos are the lowest and most rare female voice category. They were often assigned roles originally written for castrati, or male singers who were castrated before puberty.

Happy Dance!

Dancing increases  happiness.

Mold

Mold requires the following conditions to grow:

• Mold spores (which are always present indoors and outdoors)
• The right temperature range, from 2°C to 40°C
• A food supply, which means anything organic such as books, carpets, clothing, wood, drywall, etc.
• A source of moisture

The last condition, moisture, is the only practical factor to control in most houses.

Coffee

A coffee bean is actually a green seen inside of a bright red berry.

Christine Baranski

Actress Christine Baranski was born in Buffalo, New York and is of Polish descent.

Bowled over...

The first indoor bowling lanes were built in New York City in 1840.

Cats

The domestic cat is the only cat species able to hold its tail vertically while walking.  All wild cats hold their tails horizontally or tucked between their legs while walking.

Paint

Ancient coloured walls at Dendera, Egypt which were exposed for years to the elements, still possess their brilliant colour, as vivid as when they were painted about 2,000 years ago.

Gobble Gobble

The average weight of a wild turkey is 20 lbs. The average weight of a turkey eaten on Thanksgiving is 9 - 10 lbs.

Peanuts

Peanuts aren't really nuts, they're legumes.

Faker..

According to a 2011 Playboy survey 16% of men and 46% of women have faked an orgasm.

I have to ask... why bother?

San Antonio

A Franciscan friar visited this area in the year 1691 on the feast day dedicated to St. Antony’s. The city was subsequently named in the saint’s honor - San Antonio.

Hair

Hair growth is roughly 1.25 centimeters or 0.5 inches per month.

Lost in Space

The TV series "Lost in Space" aired 83 episodes.

Luck and Marriage

In March 2011, Luisana Lopilato married Michael Buble.  An additional factiod, this makes Michael Buble one of the luckiest men on the planet.

Bark and Bling

You can actually buy jewelery and accessories for your pet at: http://www.rockstar-puppy.com/bowwowbldogs.html

Hello... Do you want ketchup?

Heinz Ketchup was invented the same year Alexander Graham Bell made his first phone call  (1876).

Ottawa River

The total length of the Ottawa river is 1,271 kilometers (790 mi).

Loni

Loni Anderson wrote an autobiography in 1997 called "My Life in High Heels".

When pigs fly

A Vietnamese black potbellied pig named "Max" and owned by George Clooney was taken for a flight in John Travolta's private jet. 

Elephants

Elephants are capable of swimming twenty miles a day, using their trunks as natural snorkels.

Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada has the highest bungee jump in North America at 200 feet (61 metres). The 160 foot (49 metre) rebound is higher than the entire jump height at any other North American site.

Jets

In 1931 the first jet engine was built by Britain's Frank Whittle.

Baseball

The longest professional baseball game was on May 09, 1984, between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago White Sox. The game went 25 innings and lasted 8 hours and 6 minutes. 

Tongue

Size for size, the tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.

Amy and Ed

Amy Madigan, actress and wife of actor Ed Harris, was born on September 11, 1950. Both Amy and Ed use their actual names as their stage names.

Spider

Orb weaver spiders in the tropics are know to spin webs larger than 18 feet across.

Frog and Toad

Frogs have teeth on their upper jaw. Toads do not have teeth.

Hockey

The first hockey pucks were used in Nova Scotia and were made from flat wooden disc cut from a small tree trunk (early 1800's).

Cousins

Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball were distant maternal cousins.

Palm trees

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada has Washingtonia palm trees. Palm trees of this genus are not capable of surviving in the ground anywhere else in Canada.

Shark

The teeth of a Mako Shark are visible even when the mouth is closed.

Useless

Barbra Streisand's husband's name is James Brolin.