
A duck's feathers are so waterproof that when they dive underwater, the downy layer of feathers next to their skin stays completely dry.

If Michaels Phelps was a country, he would rank ahead of 97 other nations in Olympic gold medals won.
Mickey Mouse's original name was Mortimer Mouse.
There were 19 living men in Austria found to be direct descendants of Ötzi the Iceman in 2013 determined by blood testing.

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.

99% of Atlantic salmon is farmed but over 80% Pacific salmon is wild-caught.

Socotra Island in Yemen is one of the most isolated places on Earth. Many of its plants can't be found anywhere else.

Elephants can’t jump.

Astronauts living aboard the International Space Station grow up to 3% taller while living in microgravity.

Adult gorillas eat 40 to 50 pounds of food per day. They have big bellies to hold the large intestines they need to digest it all.

Kleenex tissues were originally intended for gas masks. When there was a cotton shortage during World War I, Kimberly-Clark developed a thin, flat cotton substitute that the army tried to use as a filter in gas masks. The war ended before scientists perfected the material for gas masks, so the company redeveloped it to be smoother and softer, then marketed Kleenex as facial tissue instead.

In the 1800s, doctors often prescribed chocolate to their patients to treat anxiety from heartbreak on Valentine's Day.