The rarest motorcycle in the world was found behind a brick wall in Chicago and has engine technologies well ahead of its time. The “Traub” is still running to this day.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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You can alleviate a tickly throat by scratching your ear.
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God is the only Simpsons character to have five fingers on each hand.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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The Aztecs were the first to serve chocolate as a drink. They also mixed it with hot chili pepper to make it really 'hot'.
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The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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