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.
You will not find a clock in any Las Vegas casino.
Every 30.000 years riverbeds are deepened by a meter.
In Italy, 95 liters per year of non-carbonated bottled water is drunk per capita, making it the first country in the world in that category.
Landkreuzer P. 1000 "Ratte", also known as Rat, is a giant tank that the Nazis planned to make to assist them in battles in World War II, which was supposed to weigh a staggering 1,000 tons.
The Islamic masters were the first to paint paper and often would apply dots of silver or gold on it.