Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee.
Women are much more adept at reading backward and identifying hidden 3D drawings thanks to better ties between the two hemispheres of the brain.
Famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), died of a liver failure. The researchers found that by examining the DNA of one of his strands of hair.
A human and a sloth are the only creatures that normally make love face to face.
The Islamic masters were the first to paint paper and often would apply dots of silver or gold on it.
In the Middle Ages, patients were tended by nuns, who in between themselves called one another sisters. That name was later used for trained nurses.
