Mammoths became extinct 1,000 years after Egyptians completed the construction of the pyramids.
The Mongolian khan and the Chinese emperor went hunting with 500 falcons and an entourage of 10.000 people.
It is believed that average person dreams about 1.400 times a year.
The term "redskins", Indians acquired, not because of the color of their skin, but because of the red color they put on their skin when they went to war.
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.
The power of the first lasers was measured by the number of razor blades the laser beams could pass through.