The animal responsible for the most human deaths worldwide is the mosquito.
The name for Oz in “The Wizard of Oz” was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence “Oz.”
China has about $1 trillion in personal savings and a savings rate of close to 50%. The US has about $158 billion in personal savings and an average savings rate of only about 2%.
The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the
distance.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed
the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which
stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take
more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space
because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them. Not to mention the other
drawback.
"Dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends in "mt".
When a person shakes their head from side to side, he is saying "yes" in Sri Lanka.
Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking Countries because Colgate translates into the command "go hang Yourself."
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