In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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In Mohave County, Arizona, if someone is caught stealing soap, they must wash themselves with it until it has gone.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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In 2014, a college in upstate New York started offering classes on the sociology of Miley Cyrus.
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