Home Alone is considered a traditional Christams movie in Poland. It has aired on prime-time TV every year since 1990.

King Tutankhamun was burried with a knife made from a meteorite.

Labrador Retriever have such sensitive noses that they can be trained to diagnose cancer. In fact, some stages of ovarian cancer can only be diagnosed by dog.
The oldest unopened bottle of wine was found in a Roman tomb that is over 1,650 years old.
Greece's official name is the Hellenic Republic.

Hummingbirds can fly forwards, backwards, upside down, and hover in place. To perform these amazing feats, they beat their wings 70 to 200 times per second.

Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space in 1963 at the age of 26. She orbited earth 48 times.
A coffee tree yields about one pound of coffee in a year.

Queen Elizabeth II technically owns all the dolphins in UK waters.

Muskrats have two layers of fur to insulate them while swimming in chilly water. Their tails, though, are covered with scales instead.

The Kjeragbolten boulder on Norway's Kjerag mountain was left in a crevasse during the last ice age. It's now a popular spot for BASE jumpers.

One quarter of the human brain is used to control the eyes.