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.