Every year swallows fly 38.000 kilometers from the northern to the southern hemisphere and back.
American Airlines saved $ 40,000 by taking out one olive from each salad that was served in the first class in 1987.
The real name of American film actor Michael Keaton (born 1951) is actually Michael Douglas, but due to the fact that an actor wanted to avoid the name of the older, more famous actor Michael Douglas (born 1944), surname Keaton was chosen in honor of the film actress Diane Keaton.
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.
A four-year-old child will, on average, ask about 437 questions a day.
Every year thousands of new oak trees grow in the world just because squirrels cannot remember where they hide their acorns.