The Islamic masters were the first to paint paper and often would apply dots of silver or gold on it.
When the Moon is directly above you, your weigh slightly less than usual.
Right-handed people on average live nine years longer than left-handed people.
Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee.
Music affects the speed at which we eat. According to a study conducted in Dallas (US), if you eat listening to fast rhythms, you will finish your meal 11 minutes earlier.
If a book of average size would contain all of the insect’s names, it would have about 6.000 pages, as our planet has more than 900.000 known species.