Drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
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The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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You can start a fire with ice.
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The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.
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Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day!
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Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!
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WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes!
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