The Titanic was the first ship to use the S.O.S signal.

In 2015 , more people were killed by injuries caused by talking a selfie than by shark attacks.

Billy goats urinate on their own heads to smell more attractive to females.

In Uganda, 50% of the population is under 15 years of age

A ship,a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.

A lion's roar can be heard from 5 miles away!

Relative to their bodies, Chihuahuas have the biggest brain in the dog world.

Frank Sinatra has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for film, one for music, and one for television.

In 1999, the U.S. government paid the Zapruder family $16 million for the film of JFK's assassination.

Google's founders were willing to sell to Excite for under $1 million in 1999—but Excite turned them down.

In 1998, the U.S. Army tried developing a telepathic ray gun "where words could be transmitted to be heard like the spoken word, except that it could only be heard within a person’s head."

In Switzerland, it's illegal to own only one guinea pig.

Before he became president, Abraham Lincoln was wrestling champion of his county. He fought in nearly 300 matches and lost only one.

Although Dr. James Naismith invented basketball, he’s the only Kansas Jayhawks basketball coach with a losing record.

The medical term for ice cream headaches is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia.

In 1967, the Nigerian Civil War ground to a halt for two days because both sides wanted to watch Pelé play in an exhibition soccer match.

A group of pugs is called a grumble.

Otters hold hands when they sleep so they dont float away from each other.

Central Park's lampposts contain a set of four numbers that can help you navigate. The first two tell you the nearest street, and the next two tell you whether you're closer to the east or west side of

George Washington served an eggnog-like drink to visitors at Mount Vernon. His recipe included rye whiskey, rum, and sherry.