If Michael Phelps were a country, he'd rank no. 35 on the all-time olympic gold medal list, ahead of 97 nations.

Apple earns US$300,000 per minute.

On average,most people have fewer friends than their friends do, which is called the "friendship paradox"

Moon dust smells of gunpowder.

More people go to church in China on Sundays than in the whole of Europe.

If you dig straight through the Earth and jump into the hole, you'll fly outh the other side in 42 minutes and 12 seconds.

Gerbils sense adrenaline, and they're kept by airport security services to reveal terrorists

Heroin was initially advertised as a cure for coughs

Most diamonds are at least 3 billion years old

When the "Mona Lisa" was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, Pablo Picasso was among the suspects.

If you earn more than $18,000 a year, you're among the 4% of the richest people on Earth

10% of all photos in the world have been taken in the past 12 months

In 2005, a man named Ronald MacDonald actually robbed a Wendy's.

An alleged Virginia bank robber denies robbing a bank because he asked the teller 'politely'.

The Mosque of Paris helped Jews escape the Nazis by giving them Muslim IDs during WWII.

Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan, as it is seen as exhaustion from working too hard.

According to a study, brain scans reveal that women are more responsive to romantic stimuli after eating a meal than before.

It is illegal to purchase or consume Jack Daniel's Whiskey in the town in which it is produced.

In 2003, this Boeing 727-223 was stolen from an airport in Angola. It still has not been found despite a worldwide search.

Krusty the Clown was originally created to be Homer Simpson's secret identity.