Uranus was originally called "George's Star" (Georgium Sidus).
The most popular dog breed in Canada, America, and Great Britain is the labrador retriever.
The Mimic Octopus can impersonate up to 15 marine species including Sea Snakes Stingrays Lionfishes and Jellyfishes.


Apple sold 340 000 iPhones per day in 2012.
Antarctica is the only continent without a time zone.
80%of the land in Nevada is owned by the U.S. government.
In 1908 the Imperial Russian Olympic Team arrived in London 12 days too late for the games because they were not using the Gregorian calendar yet.
Researchers believe the first human case of HIV was in Kinshasa Congo around 1920.
Twitter's bird is called Larry.
Finland is part of Fennoscandia not Scandinavia.
In 1999 it was reported in the UK that over 3 000 people were hospitalized after tripping over a laundry basket.
In 2005 MySpace was in talks to buy Facebook but rejected Mark Zuckerberg's asking price of US$75 million as too expensive.
Desertification threatens the livelihoods of more than 1 billion people in 110 countries the U.N. says.
In 1789 New York City became the first national capital of the U.S. for a year.
The hand print of Nelson Mandela resembles the African continent.
The human brain is about 75% water.
China has more internet users on mobile devices than on PCs.
The world's first underground park will be inaugurated in 2018 in New York.
Octopuses have 3 hearts.
Despite Global Warming we're still technically in an Ice Age.
In 1892 over 200 people left Australia to create "New Australia " a utopian socialist settlement in Paraguay.
Tiger Day is the last Sunday in September.
In 2013 a bacteria was found in New Zealand that's resistant to every single antibiotic known.
In China you can major in Bra Studies.
Papaphobia is the fear of the Pope.
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In London it is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
In Bangladesh kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals.
Giraffes can go longer without drinking water than camels can.
If you live in the U.S. you're never more than 115 miles (185 KM) away from a McDonald's.
Blue whales can get a tan.
Inventor Franz Reichelt died by jumping from the Eiffel Tower while testing a parachute of his own design.
In 2013 soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo opened a museum dedicated to himself.
The averageFacebook U S. user spends 40 minutes a day on the site.
The only nation whose name begins with an “A” but doesn’t end in an “A” is Afghanistan.
The Russian mayor of Megion west Siberia banned excuses.
During a visit to Egypt in 2012 Hillary Clinton was pelted with tomatoes and shoes while the protesters chanted "Monica Monica".
The "smell of rain" is caused by a bacteria called actinomycetes.
A species of earthworm in Australia grows up to 10 feet in length.
20% of office coffee mugs contain fecal bacteria.
Europe and Africa are only separated by 14.3 km (8.9 mi) of ocean and there are talks of creating the longest bridge ever.
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