Playing chess without looking at the board, was known in Persia and India back in VIII century.
Stapedius is the smallest muscle in the human body. Its length is only 6.3 millimeters and enables the movement of the bones in the middle ear.
Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.
A pearl can be found in one of a thousand oysters, and only in one of three thousand mussels.
Right-handed people on average live nine years longer than left-handed people.
According to statistics, the summer is the most dangerous season of the year.