The state of Virginia was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen" of England.
There are more female than male millionaires in the United States.
Was first person in space. In 1961.
Home Alone is considered a traditional Christams movie in Poland. It has aired on prime-time TV every year since 1990.
Jellyfish are considered biologically immortal. They don’t age and will never die unless they are killed.
Cucumbers have a reputation for being great kidney cleaners. Eating them reguraly may help prevent kidney stones by regulating uric acid in the body.
All the platinum ever mined would fit into an average-sized living-room!
The African Wildcat is the primary ancestor of modern house cats.
Making noise is a major part of New Yeas's Eve celebrations across the world. Italian church bells, Swiss drums, and American party horns bid the old year farewell.
The Dutch painter Rembrandt went completely bankrupt, and had to sell his wife's grave to help pay off his debts.
The largest pumpkin pie ever baked was in 2005, and weighed 2,020 pounds, or just over 916kg.
The fear of poetry is called metrophobia.