
When Disneyland was opened in 1955, “Tomorrowland” was designed to look like a year in the distant future: 1986.

Cucumbers have a reputation for being great kidney cleaners. Eating them reguraly may help prevent kidney stones by regulating uric acid in the body.
When Facebook introduced the News Feed in 2006, people freaked out. TIME called it “Gen Y’s first official revolution.”
The oldest unopened bottle of wine was found in a Roman tomb that is over 1,650 years old.

In curling, good sportsmanship and politeness are essential. Congratulating opponents on plays and abstaining from trash talk are part of what’s known as the “Spirit of Curling.”
Scientists have found evidence of take-out restaurants in the remains of Pompeii.
Guadeloupe is believed to have some of the best sites for scuba diving in the world.
Russia contains all climate zones except tropical.

Bees have 2 stomachs. One is for food and the other is for carrying nectar collected from flowers back to the hive.
Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.

The hardest working muscle in your body is your heart: It pumps more than 7570 liters of blood a day and beats more than 2.5 billion times in a 70-year life span.

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.