According to a poll of 11,000 Americans, 84 percent of vegetarians and vegans return to eating meat.
It takes 570 gallons (2154) of paint to cover the White House.
More than 34,000 pancakes were served at a Kiwanis Club event in 2008, breaking the world record.
"Silent Night" is the most popular Christmas carol with 733 copyrighted recordings.
A jellyfish is 95 percent water.
When Facebook introduced the News Feed in 2006, people freaked out. TIME called it “Gen Y’s first official revolution.”
Waiting in line at an amusement park may help you enjoy the ride more. Psychologists say that you're more likely to value an experience if other people want to have it too.
Snowboarding was banned at most U.S. ski resorts until the early 1980s.
Dan Brown, author of "The Da Vinci Code" started his career as a pop singer and songwriter.
In the 1990s, Canada considered renaming the Northwest Territories. One of the most popular proposed names was "Bob".
20% of the world's unfrozen fresh water is in Russia's Lake Baikal. It's also considered the world's deepest, clearest, and oldest lake.
Sweden is so efficient, only one percent of its garbage ends up in a landfill.