SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
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More than 6,000 people with pillow-related injuries check into U.S. emergency rooms every year!
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The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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Not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.
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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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