Word “news” did not emerge as a plural of “new”, more as an abbreviation for the world, North, East, West and South, indicating the arrival of news from around the world.
Each king in the deck of cards represent a great kind from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
Expansion of a crocodile jaw causes secretion of the lacrimal (tear) gland, and that is how the belief was created that the crocodile was mourning his victim.
The longest border in the world is the one that separates Canada and the United States; a length of 6,416 kilometers.
The magazine "Time" proclaimed Adolf Hitler "person of the year" in 1938.
Isaac Newton was kicked out of school. He was expelled as a teenager at the request of his mother, who wanted him to become a farmer.
