I Accidents happen due to ignorance. Using a cell phone while driving increase the chances of an accident by at least 15 times. Looking at a screen causes distraction and could be very dangerous. II Over 15,000 horses were left in the streets of New York every year. This was before the advent of the car industry. As time passed, automobiles were seen as an environmentally friendly option. Horses used to be the means of transportation before cars. III The six stars found in the Subaru logo serve as a reference to Pleiades. The Pleiades is a cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus. The Japanese name for Taurus is Subaru. IV The name Volvo in Latin means “I roll”. The Volvo logo symbol is a circle that consists of an arrow pointing out. This is an ancient chemical symbol which represents iron. The logo is also recognized as the oldest ideogram in the Western culture. V 50 years ago, when Volvo invented the modern three-point seat-belt, the company made the patent free and open to all other car manufacturers. The seat belt has saved millions of people from accidents. They save up to 12,000 lives every year, in the United States alone. VI The Mercedes' three point star in the logo explains the brand’s mission to make transportation much easier on water, air and land. Mercedes is one of the best and most expensive cars in the world, with yearly releases of new luxury models.

I The EMV chip technology on credit cards has existed for more than 30 years. It was first used in France in 1986 and, later on, it was adopted and used in Germany. II Out of all the names of American states, there is only one that has all its letters on the same line on the qwerty keyboard. That one state is Alaska, which can be typed on the middle line. III The company that created GIFs decided to charge for their use , but in 1994 the PNG format was created and could be used without charge. Thus, GIFs became free as well.

I Archeologists discovered that some of the trees in the Californian White Mountains have been alive longer than written history. A particular Pinus Longaeva tree, is said to have been in the Californian White Mountains for more than 5,000 years. II Doves are sometimes called the symbol of peace, but they were originally a symbol of romance. Think about that next time you see one of these white pigeons. III A red blood cell can travel through the whole body and come back to the same point within 20 seconds only. They make up half of the cells in the body, which amounts to about 50-75 trillion cells.

I Despite the fact that Bill Gates could have had a special Microsoft computer made to create the design for his house, he used a Macintosh to build his home! II The origin of the word “robot” can be traced to “robota”. Robota is a Czech word that means ‘forced labor’ or ‘work’. This is why robots obey any command they’re given regardless of the circumstance. It’s a good thing they haven’t learnt how to go on strike. III Old records are the exact opposite of modern compact discs, especially in the way they work. The former reads tracks from the outside edges into the middle of the disc, while CDs read from the inside out.

I The highest number of casualties ever experienced in a movie production happened during the shooting of “Viking”, in 1931. 27 people were confirmed dead, including the director and the cinematographer, all when a ship they were on, exploded in the ice, off the coast of Newfoundland. II In the “Wizard of Oz”, a total of 124 midgets were hired to play munchkins, to depict a crowd, but one midget fell down into a studio toilet and was later trapped there until someone came and finally helped him up. III In the 1930s, Clarke Garble appeared in the movie “It Happened in One Night”, sans undershirt. All wives in every part of the country put a hold to buying their spouses an undergarment, thereby causing a depression in undershirts in the 1930s. IV In 1966, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” became the most expensive black and white movie ever produced. The production of the movie cost a total of $7.5 million, most of which was used to pay the salaries of its stars, Richard Burton and Liz Taylor. V Vivien Leigh had the most extensive screen tests in history in “Gone with the Wind”. MGM had to shoot another 149,000 feet of black-and-white film, and another 13,000 feet of color film with about 60 actresses. VI The movie with the highest number of casts for a shoot was held by “The Swarm”, in 1978. The total number of bees alone employed in the movie is 22 million, the largest in Hollywood's production history.

I ‘Yo' Mama’ jokes have been told for as far back as any man can remember. One was found in Iraq in 1976, on a Babylonian tablet that was said to be more than 3500 years old. II While you might think you have heard of the weirdest fears in the world, you may not have heard of Cherophobia, which is basically the irrational fear of having fun or the fear of being happy. III There are some people who believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. Whilst you might think that’s impossible, a survey proves that up to 7% of American adults (about 16 million people) believe so.

I Klingon or Klingonese, is a language specifically designed by Marc Okrand, for the Star Trek Universe, created to sound alien. In 2002, it was listed on google as a language option. People hardly use it for anything serious, but it exists as an option. II Almost 70% of everyone that owns a phone has the Phantom Vibration Syndrome. This syndrome is basically having a feeling that your phone is vibrating (especially in your pocket), when it is not. Sometimes, the phone is not even there. III Ever wondered why your phone has such short chargers? Well, research shows us that using your phone while it’s charging can be very harmful, and also, this causes the phone’s battery to be gradually destroyed.

I For the love of apples! The original and first ever design for the iPhone was literally the shape of an apple and an apple tree. There was also a man in the picture, but the focus was the apple. II If you happen to find a security bug in Facebook’s code and alert them, you might get rewarded with a token of $500. This might not be easy, but it’s very possible. Electronics always have errors and faults, just as codes always develop bugs over time. III When you gather up to a million or more followers on Twitter, you are automatically awarded the title of “twillionaire”.

I Ever seen otters sleep holding hands? Most times, a mother holds her pup by the hand so that they do not separate from each other and go missing. Other sea otters also practice this technique to make sure no one drifts away. II Bob Dylan suddenly decided to change his name when he started acting, just because he felt the name sounded better. However, his birth name is Robert Allen Zimmerman. III A crocodile has a very big tongue, but unlike normal mammals, it is attached to the roof of its mouth. Hence, the crocodile’s tongue is immobile, which means the crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

I It was during the World War II, when people were going out of food, and chocolate rations were getting really small, that Nutella was invented. They added hazelnuts to chocolate to make the now famous Nutella. II The name of the Twitter Bird is Larry, after the famous basketball player’s name, Larry Bird. However, the species of Larry the twitter bird remains unknown. III Before now, many believed that octopuses had eight legs that also serve as arms, but scientists have proved that octopuses have only two legs, which means they have six arms used for nothing but eating.

I James Blunt once lived in Carrie Fisher’s house. He started his music career while living with her and recorded ‘Goodbye My Lover’ in her bathroom. He went on to record his whole album there. II In order to save the seals of the Antarctica from diseases spread by dogs, the government banned all visitors and travelers from bringing dogs to the continent. This was declared since 1994. III The largest government funded island on earth is Hart Island, which is the burial place of thousands of anonymous bodies.

I If a typist’s fingers were actual walking legs, they would travel an average of 12.6 miles every day. But unfortunately they’re not, so don’t throw out that gym membership just yet. II A group of four people made a record in North America by risking their lives. They lived in the same house with about 2000 poisonous spiders for up to 6 months, and none of them were harmed. III In the Pokédex, Mewtwo (which is literally Mew Two) comes before Pokémon Mew, despite the fact that he is Pokémon Mew’s clone. Mew was not in the actual game, but Mewtwo was, so he comes ahead in the Pokédex.

I The horse has up to 205 bones in its body. This is close to the number in the human skeletal system, which is 206. However, horses have bigger and heavier bones than humans. II One of the Presidents of the United States was a cheerleader in high school. This president was George Bush. He was quite good at it, so much so that he was made head cheerleader.

I The wax used in the creation of crayons was poured by the celebrity TV personality, Fred Rogers during the creation of the 100th billion Crayola Crayon. He had also been on TV since 1968. II The word ‘idiot’ has it origin in a Greek word, ‘idiotes’ that was used for a person who does not have a professional skill. The word ‘idiot’ in Greek also refers to a selfish and self-centered person. III The Cavendish (Yellow) Bananas was particularly and extensively cultivated to be edible and seedless, unlike other species of bananas growing in the wild with seeds, and not edible thus were not for human consumption.

I Vegetarianism was first practiced in ancient Greece and India. This practice was based on ahimsa (respect for all living things and avoidance of violence toward others). It took a while before this practice reached other parts of the world. II Vegetarianism had a medical and ritual purpose for Egyptians and Hellenes. Vegetarians disappeared in large quantities from Europe, after Rome was christianized. This practice came back in the Renaissance. III Elizabeth Blackburn, the popular Nobel Prize winner, was the first to discover that a vegan diet has the power to change more than 500 genes in just three months. According to her, a vegan diet will deactivate the genes that cause diseases and activate the genes that prevent them. IV A lot of vegetarians usually eat cheese without having full knowledge of its ingredients. Rennet is often used to make Cheese, and it is retrieved from the inner mucous of the fourth stomach chamber of a slaughtered calf. V The United States is known for killing up to 500,000 animals for meat every hour. Jeff Juliano, who played Ronald McDonald, is now a vegetarian. VI A vegetarian who eats fish is known as a “pescatarian”. Just like a vegetarian diet, the pescatarian diet also includes beans, eggs, vegetables, grains, fruits, fish and diary. This term was first recognized in 1993, and it has a blend of the Italian word “pesce”, which means fish.

I The world’s most hated font is Comic Sans. While there is no specific reason for the global hatred, it is true that this font is almost never used. Even the cryptic, misunderstood wingdings font is used more often. II It has been well over two decades since the first commercial text message was sent. The first commercial text message was sent in December of 1992. III Some of us have two, three or more phones, but funny enough, almost half of the world’s population has never made a phone call!

I The “Day of the Dead” movie had zombies feasting on turkey legs. The horror movie was released in 1985, and funny enough, the turkey legs feasted on were barbecued in a very special way to make it look like human flesh. II “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" was the first movie released with a strict censorship over it, that anyone who was not over 18 years of age would not be permitted to see it in a theater, this agreement was reached after a difficult battle with censoring organizations. III Anthony Quinn's performance, being an eight minute tour de force in Gauguin's 1956 “Lust for Life”, won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. And the shortest performance to have won in the female category, was Beatrice Straight, for her 5 minute and 40 seconds performance in the film "Network", in 1976. IV Frank Capra's “It Happened One Night", starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, won the Academy Awards, sweeping away categories like Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Screenplay (adaptation). The second movie to achieve such a feat was the 1975 movie, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". V In 1995, “Toy Story” became the first feature film to be created strictly by Computer Generated Imagery. More than 800,000 hours of mathematical equations went down in order to achieve it. This means more than one week of computer time for every second on the screen. VI The sole character that has been used over time to depict horror in movies, is Count Dracula. The character has been used often, and it is the creation of Bram Stoker, (1847-1912). He was a writer from Ireland.

I A man’s friend forced him to eat his own beard by threatening him with a knife, when they began to argue over whether or not to sell a used lawnmower. The psychopath friend was eventually arrested, charged and fined with assault. II A cargo ship that travelled from Hong Kong to the United States of America in 1992 tipped over mid journey, dumping a whole crate of rubber duck into the ocean. About 25 years after the incident, rubber ducks were still found floating around the area. III The first TV remote ever made was not wireless. It had a wire connecting it to the Television set, that allowed it to switch the TV on or off, and turn the tuner through the aid of a motor. It was created in the 1950s by the Lazy Bones.

I X-Ray machines were used to measure people’s shoe sizes in the year 1940. X-Rays were later found to be very dangerous at such frequent exposure, so its use at shoe shops ceased, restricted for medical use only. II Iguanas have an extra eye. Their normal two eyes are used to recognize other animals, things and places, while a third “eye” on the top of their head is used to sense brightness. III The punctuation mark ?! is called an interabang. In some other English speaking parts of the world, this punctuation mark is called the ‘interrobang’.

I NASA pulled the ultimate April Fools prank on the entire world. They convinced us they’d found water on Mars and humans would soon be inhabiting the planet. Well done guys! II It took radio 38 years before it recorded a market audience of 50 million listeners, it took TV 13 years to achieve the same landmark. But unbelievably, it took the iPod just 3 years! III While many countries advise that one should use a hands-free device to receive calls while driving, it has been proven that it is as dangerous as driving under the influence of alcohol.

I The periscopes of the United States Navy have been optimized to work with Xbox controllers instead of the original periscope control sticks. This is because it only takes minutes to learn to use an Xbox controller, and hours for the periscope sticks. II A palindrome is a sentence that can be read both forward and backwards. An example of this is, ‘Do geese see God?’, the alphabets in the phrase can be arranged to read the exact same sentence backwards. III A baby octopus is usually as small as a flea at birth, and are born together with its siblings, around ten thousand siblings.

I The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded the PlayStation 3 DualShock controller an Emmy Award for the ‘Peripheral Development and Technological Impact of Video Game Controllers’. II Just payments and dues alone from 0.23% of the total number of people who play video games in the entire world make up 60% of all the revenue of mobile game companies. III Apple has one of the funniest and most ridiculous Terms and Conditions in the world. If you ever read the iTunes’ Terms and Conditions, you’ll notice it states that you will not use it to make nuclear weapons. Well, there goes my plan to wipe out the world by playing Black Eyed Peas.

I Against the popular belief that people find it easier to read from screens than from paper, research has shown that reading from a screen usually takes an average of 10% more time than reading from paper. II Sometime ago, a certain Welshman lost hope in Bitcoins and disposed of 7,500 of his bitcoins. A few years later, that amount of bitcoins was worth over 32 million dollars and growing, but he couldn’t find the hard drive he stored them in anymore after he mistakenly threw it in the waste bin!

I Gary Cooper was the first choice when looking for an actor for “Gone with the Wind”. Unfortunately, he had just signed a contract with Goldwyn Studios, and they were unwilling to bend the agreement. II Mary Pickford was the first Hollywood movie star. This was between 1893 and 1979. Mary Pickford formed the ‘United Artists Corp’ in 1919, and she was joined by D.W Griffith, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks. Mary made $10,000 in one single week, during the peak of her popularity. III “The Birds”, written by Hitchcock in 1963, had trained birds thrown at actress Tippi Hedren. As part of the sequence, some of the birds were tied to her with nylon threads, in order to prevent them from flying away from the scene. It made shooting stop every few minutes, so that blood could be painted on her skin, and her costume could be torn. IV The laser swords which were used in the “Star Wars” movie, in 1977, were actually fiberglass rods that were coated with a high-quality reflective material. The light reflection on the rods, caused by mirrors in front of the camera lens, were later enhanced through animation. V Actress Linda Blair, wo played the role of Regan in ‘The Exorcist’, almost turned her head completely around to face backward. The famous scene was performed by a life-like dummy with a swivel neck. An old leather wallet was twisted around a microphone just to get the sound that was made whenever she turned her neck. VI During a time of financial difficulties experienced by the early executives at Warner Brothers, they made a decision to take a risk and produce the film “The Jazz Singer”, which is also the first “talkie” picture.

I In 1923, there was a tragic but weird occurrence that happened on the horse racing tracks. A horse rider wearing the most casual costume and riding the most ordinary horse had a heart attack whilst riding. He actually won the race, but was dead before he got to the finish line. II There was a reindeer that sailed the high seas as a member of the Navy after the second World War. Her name was Pollyanna, and she was a gift of peace from Russia. She is one of the very few animals to have sailed on the HMS Trident.

I The US Department of Defense built an amazing supercomputer out of PS3s in 2010. They used a total of 1,760 PlayStations because it was cheaper and less hazardous to the environment. II The first game console to allow gamers to play real-time online games was Sega Dreamcast. It was also the first 128-bit console ever made. It was released to the market and like other Sega products, it was sold out in no time. III Domains are being bought by the day, and almost all simple domain names are gone. Some people have started to buy domains such as www.aaa.com, www.bbb.com, www.ccc.com, all the way to www.zzz.com. These domains may not lead anywhere, but apparently their new owners feel safe knowing they’re not available to anyone else.

I In 2009, a female from the sixteenth century had her skull with a rock wedged to it, near the remains of a plague victim. In that century, it was rather unusual to put a rock and a brick in the mouth of a vampire in order to prevent them from feeding on the bodies of other plague casualties, and stop them from attacking those who were alive. The bubonic plague throughout Europe was made popular by female vampires. II If a person was bitten by a vampire, according to the legends, it is regarded that he or she is advised to drink the ash of a burned vampire. When someone wants to prevent an attack, a person should make bread with the blood of vampires. III Hollywood and literary vampires typically left the norm, deviating from folklore vampires. As an example, Hollywood vampires are typically pale, aristocratic, and very old, they need their native soil, and are usually supernaturally beautiful, and need to be bitten to become a vampire. In contrast, folklore vampires before Bram Stoker are usually peasants, recently dead, appear as shapeless “bags of blood,” do not need their native soil, and are often cremated with or without being hanged. IV Symbolic value held significant historical thresholds, and a vampire cannot cross the thresholds unless they are invited. There is a connection between the old and new vampires, it seems to be the concept of either complicity or allowance. Once there is a covenant for evil, it can resurface anytime. V Methods of repelling vampires before the advent of Christianity, included garlic, hawthorn branch, sprinkling of seeds, fire, decapitation with a gravedigger's spade, salt, iron, bells, a rooster crow, peppermint, running water, and burying people face down so that they would dig the wrong way and get lost in the earth. VI These methods introduced by Christianity to ward off vampires started with the use of holy water, crucifixes, and Eucharist wafers. The methods usually had little effect on vampires.

I The modern form of vaccination was first developed in 1796 by Edward Jenner. Edward successfully used a weaker form of the disease (cowpox) to inoculate children. All potential recruits for the revolutionary army were ordered by George Washington to get smallpox inoculations. II Some parents decide not to vaccinate their children because they believe the vaccines can cause autism. A lot of anti-vaccination companies continue to act against this claim even though this claim has been proven false. III Vaccines are older than anesthesia and antibiotics. Vaccines remains one of the oldest medical treatments known. The first modern vaccination method was inspired after the global Smallpox outbreak, a deadly disease . IV Smallpox killed more than two million people globally in 1967. This situation sped up the production of vaccinations to eradicate the disease. Vaccinations have prevented several cases of smallpox and now there are only a few cases every year. V Puritan preacher Cotton Mather urged his fellow citizen to obtain inoculations after an outbreak of smallpox in colonial Boston. Cotton Mather’s effort helped contain the spread of the smallpox. VI United Kingdom was the first to pass laws pertaining to vaccination. United Kingdom passed the first act in 1840 and this helped provide vaccinations needed for smallpox to the poor. In 1853, United Kingdom passed another law making sure every child was vaccinated. Failure to follow this law can result to jail or being fined.

I A monkey named Naruto got the popular wildlife photographer, David Slater, into a court case with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, as the monkey took a selfie of himself with Slater’s camera. II In 1820, the last known part of the Earth was discovered by a Russian expedition, the Antarctica. However, the Russians only spotted the ice shelves and never landed on the site. It was not until 75 years later that the Norwegians made the record.

I Another unintended use for Google is ‘Random Spell Checker’. This is because a lot of people get confused about the spelling of a word, so they type it on google to see if it’s right. II Yahoo was once the most used search engine, with the largest market share in the late 90s and early 2000s. However, Google came in, snatched the market, and has controlled it ever since. Today, Google records over 35 billion searches daily. III When intelligence worked its way into typing grammar and autocorrect was created, the first error to be auto-corrected was ‘teh’, to ‘the’. At this time, the F3 button was used to send the autocorrected command.

I In some cultures, drinking the blood of a victim allowed the drinker to absorb their victim’s strength, take on an animal’s quality, or even make a woman more fecund. The color red is also involved in many vampire rituals. It is a color closely associated to it. II Gandalf the Grey, from the film "Lord of the Rings", can also be seen in the collection and retrieval of great wizards that Professor Dumbledore was able to study in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone”. III J. K. Rowling was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year, in 2007. IV As every Harry Potter fan is aware, Dementors are deadly, magical, wraith-like creatures. Rowling revealed that they represent depression, and that they were based on her own experience with the disease. The remedy to lighten the effects of a Dementor is chocolate. V Dating as far back as 4,000 BC , one of the earliest tale of vampires is found in an an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian myth. It tells about “ekimmu” or “edimmu”, meaning one who is snatched away. The “ekimmu” is a type of “uruku” or “utukku”, which is a spirit demon who they claim was not buried in the right manner, and came back as a vengeful spirit to suck out the life out of living people.

I For deaths recorded or acted in a movie, Sean Bean and Bela Lugisi have the highest rates of deaths in movies and TV projects than any other living actor, with 0.32 deaths per film, each. Mickey Rourke and John Hurt are close contenders, with close to 0.31 deaths per film. II The “Sesame Street” movie featured characters like Bert and Ernie, and there was a street named after them. Bert acted as a cop, and his friend Ernie was a taxi driver in Frank Capra's “Its a Wonderful Life” film. III Count von Count from “Sesame Street”, in “The Muppet Vampire”, has a story line based on myths about vampires. One way to reportedly fight a vampire is to throw seeds, especially mustard, outside a door, or place a fish net outside the window. With this, vampires are tricked to count holes in the fishing net. This buys time to allow the sun to catch up on them. IV Anthropologists have speculated that “dolmens”, which were prehistoric stone monuments, were used because they kept vampires from rising back from the dead. They are predominant in Northwest Europe.

I It could be embarrassing to find out that a group of buffalos is called a gang, and a group of fish is called a school, it might be more embarrassing to find out that a group of pandas is referred to as an embarrassment.

I There are a 1200 different species of bats in the world. Bats make up for occupy 25% of all the mammals on earth. II A very weird octopus was found in Matoya Bay in 1998. It has 96 tentacles as instead of the normal eight, and it could also lay eggs, unlike other octopuses of its kind (with more than eight tentacles). But check this, when its eggs hatched, the offspring all had eight tentacles. III Motorola’s first major big break was thanks to a creation of the Galvin Brothers in 1930. The first ever automobile dashboard radio called the Motorized Victrola or the Motorola. It was first demonstrated in Studebaker in the USA.

I Have you ever had a meal so good that you wanted to eat your plate? One Taiwan company has made it possible. You can now eat your plates, bowls, spoons and chopsticks because they are made of wheat. II Another ridiculous holiday is the “Snowman Burning day’. It is held every year in North America and Switzerland on the 20th of March, and it was created to mark and celebrate the end of the Winter Season.

I More than 87 million cars were produced globally in 2014. Over 14 million cars were produced in China in 2014. Germany and Japan are next to China, producing 7 million and 5 million cars, respectively. II The first car radio was introduced by Chevrolet in 1922, with a price of $200. A lot of safety agencies believed the car radio could distract the driver, so they sought to ban radios from cars. Chevrolet was the first brand to sell car radios. III The first car was invented in 1668. This car was very little and only 2-feet long. The car was also powered by steam. This car was invented by a Flemish member of a Jesuit mission in China, Ferdinand Verbiest. IV Honda Accord is one of the most stolen cars in the United States. The United States police has a lot of theft cases of this model of car. Among the top five most stolen cars in the US are the Ford Pickup, Toyota Camry, Honda Civic and the Chevrolet Pickup. V In 2008, Lamborghini gave Italy the world’s fastest police car. This car had a lot of modern technology, such as a defibrillator, video surveillance system, organ transplant cooler and gun racks.

I Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American Oscar winner, was awarded one in 1939 for the Best Supporting Actress, for the role she played as Mammy, in “Gone with the Wind”. It took another twenty-four years before another African-American would win it: Sidney Poitier for “Lillies of the Field”, produced in 1963, and filmed in only 14 days. II “Avatar” happens to be one of the most expensive movies of all time, with an alleged budget of $280 million in production. The word “avatar” is Sanskrit for “incarnation”, and it is used in Hindu scriptures to refer to human incarnations of God. III The first moving picture invented was by Thomas Edison, and they were small film images which could be viewed in a box. At first, he was not in support of showing movies on a big screen, because of his thoughts that one-on-one viewing seemed more profitable. IV There was a call for a boycott of the Disney film produced in 1947, titled “Song of the South”, by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The reason stated is that it showed happy slaves on a plantation, and it was believed to be an adaptation of Uncle Remus' stories. Even when it inspired the Disneyland ride “Splash Mountain”, the movie was never released in its entirety on home video, in the United States of America. V Clint Eastwood sang “ I Talk to the Trees, But They Don’t Listen to Me” in the 1969 musical “Paint Your Wagon”. Clint Eastwood describes the experience had ignited his will to go into movie production and take on responsibilities in film making. VI The 1939 movie “Gone With the Wind” caused David Selznick to be fined about $5,000 for the line “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn”. Further, The Catholic League of Decency rated the movie 'B', because of claims that the film was “morally objectionable”.

I Winston Churchill, the two-time British Prime Minister who led the British Army to victory during the Second World War, said something rather thought provoking at his death bed- “I am bored with it all”. II There is a café called Café Harry in Tokyo, Japan where you can pay about a thousand Yens to hug a hedgehog, depending on what day of the week it is. The name of the café was gotten from the Japanese translation for Hedgehog, ‘Harinezumi’. III Archeologists discovered a new species of dinosaurs in China recently, but the dinosaur is said to be the smallest specie ever discovered. It measures only 16 inches, and it is called the microraptor.

I One of the central questions in Christian history is food, especially eating meat. Different theologians argued that the vegan diet is the only diet that goes well with the Christian values, which are compassion and mercy. II The China study compared the mortality rates of plant eaters and meat eaters. This study discovered that the countries that ate more meat were likely to have an increased death rate while countries who ate more plant food live longer and look healthy. III The China study argued that plant based diets play an important role in human health. And some of the benefits of plant-based diets include reduced chronic disease, determining how genes are expressed and helps control the bad effects of unhealthy chemicals. IV The China study also argued that plant-based diets contain more nutrients than animal-based diets. Popular vegetarians include Henry Ford, Ozzy Osborne, Hitler, Leonardo da Vinci and Brad Pitt. V Su Vegetarians (A Buddhist vegetarian) are not allowed to eat any animal related products and also cannot consume vegetables in the Allium family. The Allium family vegetable includes garlic, leeks, onion, shallots and chives.

I The movie “Shawshank Redemption” (1994) had a scene where a character, Brooks, feeds his crow a maggot. This scene got knocks instead of kudos by the American Humane Association (AHA), the reason being that it was described to be cruel to the maggot, and the scene needed the crow to be fed a maggot that died naturally. II John Morley's scream in the 1972 film, “The Godfather”, where he acted as Jack Wolz, was a real performance. He screamed in horror after seeing the horse head, because he was unaware of the fact that the horse used in it was real. The horse head was gotten from a dog food company. III A setting of a movie is always in different places. This is not the case for Alfred Hitchcock's “Lifeboat”, shot in 1944. It has the smallest set for an entire movie, which happens in a confined, restricted acting space. The entire movie is played out on a lifeboat. IV Mary Pickford's hair curls were a hit among Los Angeles prostitutes, who were employees of Bit Suzy's French Whorehouse. She went on to be the first movie fashion fad star. V William Frederick Cody is an actor who hails from the West. He is the Western Hero who has been portrayed on screen more than any other person. He is also known as “Buffalo Bill”. He is followed by another actor, William Bonny, popularly called “Billy the Kid”. VI Sam Lucas (1850-1916) became the first African-American to have played a leading role in the movie “Uncle Tom's Cabin”. While the first African-American to have a career as an actor was Noble Johnson (1881-1978).

I Usually, Chinese natives perform ritual ghost marriages for dead brides and dead bachelors to ensure that the bride is not lonely in the afterlife. However, the government considers it unlawful grave robbing and selling of the dead. II The British Broadcasting Corporation cannot have any form of advertisement or sponsorship because it is commercially independent. This is to make sure that all the content they put up is of the best intellectual and production quality. III Netflix is the largest online streaming service in the world. About 41% of 616 surveys, Netflix users said they stream movies every day while another 38% from the same 616 said they use the service at least once every week.

I While both vampires and zombies generally belong to the “undead,” there are contrasts between them, depending on the mythology from which they came from. For instance, zombies have a lower IQ than vampires, they prefer brains and flesh rather than just blood, are immune to garlic, most likely have a reflection in the mirror, and are largely based in African myths. They also move slower, due to rotting muscles, can enter churches, and are not necessarily afraid of fire or sunlight. II John Polidori's “The Vampire” was the full work of fiction about a vampire in English, and it was published incorrectly under Lord Byron's name. Polidori’s lived between (1795-1821). He was Byron's doctor, and based his vampire on Byron. III “Pert em Huru” is the Egyptian book of the Dead. According to this text, one of the five parts of the soul, named “kha”, moves out of its tomb in order to find nourishment. This included drinking the blood of the living. Also, there's an Egyptian goddess that is famous for drinking blood. Her name was “Sekhmet”. In Hindu culture, there's an Indian fanged goddess with a powerful craving for blood, called “Kaliof”. IV A lot of people, especially scholars, have argued the word “vampire” either got their roots from the Hungarian word “vamprir”, or probably from the Turkish word “upyr”, which means witch. Other scholars say the term comes from the Greek word, “to drink”, or from “nosophoros”, meaning “plague carrier”. It may also be the Serbian "bamiiup" or the Serbo-Crotian “pirati”. V Ch'iang Shih was a denoted corpse-hopper, a Chinese vampire. He had red eyes and crooked claws. These kind of vampires were said to have strong sexual desires, which made them hunt down women. They grew long hair, and had the ability to change into a wolf.

I Vegans who do not accept money for animals in the form of clothing, shelter and food are known as Ethical vegans. These types of vegans are very strict and they don't even eat honey because it's made by bees. II The vegetarian movement was majorly influenced by early medical science that understood the common attributes between animals and humans and the Indian philosophy that rejects animal cruelty. III Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher and was one of the first famous vegetarians. Pythagoras lived at the end of the 6th century B.C. The plant-based diet was first referred to as the “Pythagorean diet”. The new name “vegetarian” was coined in the 19th century. IV According to a study by Oxford, England, it was concluded that people who ate meat were about three times more likely to develop gallstones than people who don't. V A vegetarian diet is also said to encourage long life and enhanced human health. It is also said to cause spiritual enlightenment. VI Some vegetarian diets can be lower in calories and very rich in fiber. While some other vegetarian diet can cause higher caloric intake than a meat if a lot of nuts and cheese are included.

I China has banned most social media platforms and network sites in the country including: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest and even Google Plus. They have also blocked up to eight thousand other domain names. II Up to 95% of the humans on earth don’t say what they really want to say to person, so they wait till the person is away to say it in a text. III Honeybees are one of the most intelligent species. They are the only animals of their size and category that can recognize human faces. They piece the image together in about 5000 pixels.

I A term used to describe the sexual attraction to mechanical objects and cars, is known as “Mechanophilia”. A man called Edward Smith has confessed to having sex with over 1,000 cars. He claimed that his current girlfriend was a Volkswagen Beetle. II Ralph Teetor, a prolific inventor in the 1940s, invented an effective cruise control for cars, after he was frustrated with how his lawyer would slow down and speed up frequently. Although Ralph was blind, he was able to invent this. III Electric cars have been in existence for a long time. In 1900, 38% of the cars produced were all electric cars, while 40% of them were steam, and only 22% of them used gas. A lot of people were into electric cars in the old days. IV The world’s largest car manufacturer is Toyota. Every day, Toyota produces up to 12,000 cars, and they are also one of the most used cars in the world. V Some car engineers in Germany have created a more easy to drive car, named the “Brain Driver”. The Brain Driver can actually be driven with thoughts alone. The car’s headset comes with 16 sensors that monitor electric signals from the human brain. VI Passenger cars consume almost 360 million gallons of gas every year. Most Americans weigh an average 24 pounds more than their usual weight in the 60’s, and this has added up to an additional 40 million gallons of gas consumed every year.

I Car accidents account for nearly 2.2% of all global deaths. Car accidents also rank as the 9th leading cause of death in the world. Statistics also showed that there is a 1 in 5 chance that car accidents in the US are caused by cell phone distraction. II Another exotic car is the Porsche. The Porsche logo displays the colors of the German flag, along with the name of the city where the Porsche Company has its headquarters. The Porsche logo also features a horse, which means speed and power. III Car accidents cost individual countries between 1-2% of their total annual GDP. These car accidents cost about $518 billion globally. Over 37,000 people are killed every year in the United States, in car crashes. IV There was a particular time that BMW had to recall their GPS system model cars, because German drivers would not allow a female control them. The Germans refused to take orders from a female voice and left BMW no other choice than to recall the cars. V Another big car brand is Toyota. It’s one of the highest selling brands. The Toyota logo comes with an intersecting oval, which symbolizes the trust between the brand and its customers. The oval also forms the “T” letter, which stands for “Toyota”.

I In 1939s “The Wizard of Oz”, the scene where Judy Garland sings “Over the Rainbow” was almost deleted from the movie. It was the assistant producer, Arthur Freed, that convinced MGM executive Louis B. Mayer to keep the scene in the movie. II Andy Warhol's “Blue Movie” in 1996 has the longest take for a particular scene, which contains a 35-minute long uninterrupted scene of Viva and Louis Waldon making love. III Thomas Edison's film studio is the first in the world to be known as “Black Maria”. It was constructed at the Edison Laboratories in New Jersey. The building cost around $637.67 to build, in 1893. IV Ex-United States cavalryman, Frank Hanaway, is the first Hollywood stuntman who was cast in the “Great Train Robbery” film. He got the accolade when he fell off a horse without hurting himself in a role for the movie, in 1903. V Helen Gibson is the first Hollywood stunt-woman, and she also doubled as Helen Holmes in episodes of “The Hazards of Helen”, in 1914. She married a cowboy in the movie, a star named Hoot Gibson. VI John Wayne (1907-1979) has successively been able to play a majority of leading roles in Hollywood feature films, having appeared in 153 movies. Likewise, the Hollywood star with the most number of screen credits is John Carradine (1906-1988), his screen appearances being in more than 230 movies.

I In 2008, a child caught the measles while on his trip to Europe. When he got home to San Diego, after the illness was diagnosed, eleven other children had caught the disease and almost seventy other children had to be quarantined. II Measles has been nearly entirely eliminated in the South and Northern parts of America. This was due to the widespread of vaccination. III Children with certain preexisting medical conditions are not to be given the flu virus. One recent study shows that the flu vaccination helps reduce the risk of death by flu by 51%. IV The birth of the modern car was in 1886. This was the year that Carl Benz, a German inventor built a modern automobile that he named “Benz Patent-Motorwagen. It was during this era that other inventors started joining Carl in producing new types of cars. V The earth is filled with over 1 billion cars. These cars transport people every day of their lives. The country with the highest number of cars is the United States with over 300 million cars available in the country. Second place belongs to China, with almost 78 million cars. VI The names of Lamborghini cars are gotten from the world of bullfighting. Car names such as Murcielago and Diablo are both names of famous bulls. The Estoque name given to one of Lamborghini’s car is the style of sword used by Matadors.

I It was stated by Car Insurance Companies that an average driver will get into accidents about 3-4 times during their lifetime. This means a driver will file a claim for a collision once every 17 years. II The three main actors of the film “Rebel Without a Cause” all suffered untimely deaths, with Natalie Wood drowning, James Dean dying in an auto crash accident, and Sal Mineo being stabbed to death. III The first car accident occurred in the 1800’s, and the first person killed by a car in America was Henry Hale Bliss. Henry was leaving a streetcar in New York, when he was hit by an electric powered cab. The car crushed his head and he died on the spot. IV Walt Disney produced a movie titled “Fantasia”, in 1940. Bela Lugosi's face was the model used for Satan in the movie. Lugosi was famous for acting as Count Dracula, both on stage and on screen. V The first Hollywood director to use a close-up, a long shot, a fade-out, and other film techniques, was D. W. Griffith (1875-1948), in his pioneer directing of the movie “The Birth of a Nation”, popularized as “The Clansman”. The movie reflected the Ku Klux Klan in a positive light. VI “Movies” did not really refer to the films we see at cinemas. The intended meaning referred to the people whose responsibility it was to make them. It was used without respect by the early Hollywood locals who were disgusted by the Easterners they regarded as “invaders”.

I A man once sued the producers of Jackass, the TV show, for copyright infringement. He said they had illegally copied his name, Mr. Jack Ass, and used it for the TV show. It also took him a lot of time to find a lawyer to represent him because most thought the case was foolish. II The term ‘Bucks’ is used in reference to deer skin, which was also the legal tender at one period in time. A diplomat made a it clear that 5 bucks was the exact worth of a bottle of whiskey. III An ironic event happened to the tree planted to honor the legendary guitarist of the Beetles, George Harrison. A beetle infestation created a huge hollow in the Beetles’ tree, so much that the tree did not survive. Don't worry though, it has been replaced with another tree.

I Beans, milk, corn, cauliflower, bell pepper and cabbage are among the most flatulence and gas producing foods. So, if you would like to scatter a gathering with your special ‘odor’ consume some of these before joining a meeting. II The Hobo Spider is the most harmless spider species there is. It is said to only bite or sting means of self-defense. Its sting, however , an cause a lot of pain.

I Moaning Myrtle in the “Harry Potter movie was played by an actress whose real age was 37 at the time the movie was shot. II Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, Dracula, had an enduring influence on the myth of vampires, so much so that is has never gone out of print. Scholars have argued that it is a Christian allegory, while others suggest it contains covert pscho-sexual anxieties reflective of the Victorian era. III A traditional vampire repellent, garlic, has been in use for over 2,000 years, as a form of protection. The Ancient Egyptians believed that garlic was a gift from God, Roman soldiers thought it gave them courage, sailors believed it protected them from shipwreck, and miners from Germany said it protected them from the evil spirits underground. In all cultures, brides carry garlic in their hands, and cloves of garlic were used against illnesses in ancient times. Modern day research discovered that garlic is a highly effective antibiotic.

I During the chest bursting scene in the 1986 “Alien” movie, the director, Ridley Scott, showered the actors with entrails bought from a butcher shop close by, so that their screams at the sight of horror would be real to the audience. II Trademark films like “The Graduate” and “Bonnie and Clyde” in 1967, and “Easy Rider” in 1968 became transition films from “Classic Hollywood” to “New Hollywood”. These three movies became indicative of Hollywood moving into a new phase, because they broke several social taboos and traditional movie making techniques. III The 1930s movie, “The Poor Millionaire”, was the last totally silent movie in production for general circulation, with Richard Talmadge, who played the hero and the villain alongside Constance. It was directed by George Melford. IV As recorded by Bodycounts.com, the movies identified with the largest body counts are ‘The Lord of the Rings 2003’, with 836 counts, ‘Kingdom of Heaven 2005’ , with 619 counts, and ‘Troy 2004’ , with 572 counts. These body counts do not include the characters killed in planet explosions, but only onscreen killings. V Under the Motion Picture Association of America, the first film to get an X rating under the body's system of classification, was the 1968 film,“Greetings”, with Robert De Niro. VI On grounds of gratuitous violence, “The Muppet Movie”was censored in New Zealand. In the same way, Sweden restricted E. T . for age 11 years and younger, because it claimed that the children were being mistreated by their own parents.

I Leo Tolstoy is a Russian author who gave up meat because he does not like the idea of animal cruelty. Leo Tolstoy claims that eating meat is not necessary and he believes eating meat leads to animalistic behavior. He also believed that eating meat could encourage drunkenness and fornication. II It was argued in a recent study that people who eat a plant-based foods usually have a better sex life that meat eaters. This study claims that some plants influence sexual activity and hormone levels. III Most children in the United States usually receive their first three vaccination shots immediately after their birth. They usually do this because diseases like hepatitis B can be deadly for little children. IV America experienced different cases of children diseases because their parents have refused to properly vaccinate their children. Some parents forget to vaccinate them, while others thought it to be harmful. V HPV and hepatitis B are not to be taken lightly. The correct vaccines need to be used so as to correctly deal with this situation. Some vaccines actually lower people’s chances of contracting cervical cancer.

I The American Diabetic Association also concluded that the vegan diet could help reduce type 2 diabetes, reduce blood cholesterol levels, decrease heart diseases, lower rates of hypertension and prevents prostate cancer. II Several people become vegetarians for diverse reasons. Some of these reasons are aesthetic, health, political economic and environmental concerns. There are two main types of vegetarians- ovo-vegetarian and lacto-vegetarian. III The British study has revealed that a child could predict the chance of becoming a vegetarian by their IQ. The higher a child’s IQ, the more likely the child will become a vegetarian in the future. IV It was concluded by the American Diabetic Association (ADA) that the vegan diet or a vegetarian is healthier than a meat based diet. They concluded that vegetarians have lower body mass and are free from several other diseases.

I Researchers explained that a vegetarian diet can feed a lot more people than a meat based diet. An example is based on the actual fact that 20,000 pounds of potatoes could actually be grown on a single acre of land. But only about 160 pounds of beef can be produced on just one a acre of land. II Vegetarians can be categorized in different groups- The strictest type is the vegan. Vegans do not only avoid meat but all other animal products. The vegan community also have an ongoing debate on whether honey is moral for consumption. III A vegetarian diet is actually better than the meat-based diet, this is according to the general public opinion. One way to know this is that only about 20% of all the corn grown in United States is eaten by people and the rest 80% is consumed by livestock. IV To produce just one pound of wheat, you only need approximately 25 gallons of water. But you need a whole 2,500 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of meat. A lot of vegetarians argue that the strain put on the environment by meat production can be reduced if more people ate a meat-free diet. V Many studies has shown that a plant-based diet can help increase the body’s metabolism thereby causing the body to quickly burn calories, 16% faster than it would on a meat-based diet. This changes can be seen within three hours after meal consumption. VI The ancient Indians are mostly vegetarians. Presently, 70% of the entire world’s vegetarians are Indians and this country has more vegetarians than any other country in the world.

I The famous legend that vampires must sleep in coffins probably started from reports of gravediggers and morticians who presented corpses suddenly sitting up in their graves or coffins. This eerie phenomenon could be caused by the decomposing process of the body. II By the accounts of some legends, a vampire could engage in sexual acts with his former wife, which often resulted in pregnancy. In fact, this belief may have provided a concrete explanation as to why a widow, who was supposed to be celibate, became pregnant. The resulting child was called a 'gloglave', in Bulgarian, or 'vampirdzii' in Turkish. Rather than being ostracized, the child was celebrated as a hero, who had powers to kill a vampire. III Vampire craze and corpse mutilations to “kill” suspected vampires were so prevalent in Europe during the mid-eighteenth century that some rulers created laws to prevent the unearthing of bodies. In some areas, mass hysteria led to public executions of people believed to be vampires. IV In some vampire folktales, vampires are allowed to marry and move to another city, where they take up jobs suitable for vampires, such as butchers, barbers, and tailors. V That the sunlight is capable of killing vampires seems to be a modern concept, perhaps started by the U.S. government to keep away superstitious guerrillas in the Philippines in the 1950s. As sunlight can be used by vampires to kill other vampires, as in Ann Rice’s popular novel “Interview with a Vampire”, other vampires, such as Lord Ruthven and Varney, were able to walk in daylight freely.

I Although the number of internet services in existence today cannot be quantified, one can still trace its early beginnings. The very first ISP (Internet Service Provider), was a company called CompuServe. II Thanks to the digital revolution, more eBooks have been sold on Amazon in the past few years than actual printed books. People find it easier to read from their gadgets these days.

I It usually never snows in the Saharan Desert, but history was broken on February 8th, 1979. It snowed continuously for up to ten minutes, but the desert was still very dry and hot, so it did not take too long for the snow to melt away. II Mike Tyson, the famous boxer, once paid to have an exclusive romantic zoo visit with his wife. While they were seeing the animals, Mike Tyson tried to bribe a zookeeper to let him fight a gorilla, but he was not allowed to. III After ABBA split up, the band was offered a billion dollars to go around the world for 100 shows as part of a reunion tour. However, they could not put their differences aside, and rejected the offer.

I Every time you use a Norman Door, which usually needs written directions displayed for easy use, you will always have a moment of confusion when you’re trying to decide whether you should push or pull the door. II The highly secured Fort Knox vault has an easy escaped route made for anyone who gets trapped inside the vault. It is installed in the lower part of the vault for a sort of restricted access and to control misuse.

I The 1945 “To Have and Have Not”, written by Earnest Hemingway, brought about history, in that Hemingway, a Nobel prize winner, had his work adapted into a film by another person, William Faulkner, who is also a recipient of a Nobel prize II 50 Cent starred in a movie titled "2012", released in the year 2009. The director, Roland Emmerich, is apparently a fan of 50 Cent. His character name in the movie is Curtis Jackson, his real name inverted. III While filming, there is a device to make horses fall naturally. This device is called the “running W”. It is a trip wire to enable horses used on set to fall over at a crucial timing, when shooting is ongoing. It was later stopped because the “running W” broke a lot of horses' legs, and was considered illegal. IV The Movie Mistakes website holds that the movies with the most mistakes are, 1979's “Apocalypse Now”, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” (2002), “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (2004), “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace” (1987) and “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings” (2001) with 390, 287, 296, 267, 262 goofs, respectively. V Mark Sennett, Harry Chandler, and the Los Angeles Times, put up the “Hollywoodland” sign in 1923, to publicize a real estate development. “Hollywoodland” was later shortened to “Hollywood”. The sign put up costs $21,000.

I ‘Emoji’ has no connection with emotions. It originated from the fusion of two Japanese words; ‘e’ which means picture and ‘moji’ which means character. II In an attempt to attract female cheetahs to their camera equipment, wildlife scientists discovered they love the scent of Calvin Klein's -‘Obsession for Men’. III Cartoons are always censored to make sure the content is fit for children, but Finland is the only country where Donald Duck was banned. They said it is inappropriate for children because Donald Duck does not wear any trousers.

I There is a medical condition where a person gets obsessed with eating only healthy food, and gets really sick, both physically and mentally when they eat anything considered unhealthy. This condition is called Ortharexia Nervosa. II When counting the numerals upward, you will not find a single number with the letter ‘A’ in it, until you count up to number 1000. Although if you consider the word ‘and’ as a part of the numerals, you will find letter at number 101. Also, the letter 'M' does not appear until you get to number 1,000,000. III In the 1960's, there was a very sexist book that was published called 'Barbie's slumber party'.The book was a limited edition and gave instructions on “How To Lose Weight”. It also contained a tip which suggested that its readers not eat.

I D A. Griffith’s film “In Old California”, is a 1910 biographical melodrama about a Spanish maiden named Marion Leonard, and it is the first ever film in Hollywood to be shot in two days. The story line is about the maiden, who gives birth to an illegitimate son that later becomes a governor of the city of California. II Hollywood began in 1887, with Horace and Daeida Wilcox as founders, and they hoped it would be known as a religious community. As part of an effort to ensure this, they were prohibitionists who forbade the sale of liquor from the town, and gave free lands to whoever was willing to use them to build a church. III In history, the author whose work has been filmed the most is none other than William Shakespeare. These include film versions, and modern adaptations, like the West Side Story, produced in 1961, The Lion King, premiered in 1994, and some of Shakespeare's parodies. IV “Non” is peculiar for being the only word spoken all through the 1976 film by Mel Brooks, titled “Silent Movie”. The peculiarity is associated with the fact that it is the shortest dialogue script since the introduction of using talkies in films. V "Extase" (1933) became the first motion picture to depict a non-pornographic sex act, that starred Hedwig Kiesler, who would be later known as Hedy Lamarr (1913-2000). The role she played describes a fleeing woman from an impotent husband, she runs naked through the woods, finds a chance to bathe, and eventually has sex with a young engineer. VI Nudity was first portrayed in a major motion picture when it appeared for the first time in a scene with a swimmer, played by an actress named Annette Kellerman (1887-1975), in the film “ A Daughter of God’s", shot in the year 1916.

I One of the biggest usurpers of the American Tax Revenue is the GPS. It costs two million dollars to run it every single day. However, it is totally free to use the GPS service within the country. II There’s a special type of computer for Amish people! Of course, there’s a catch - to support them in their belief of having a simplified life totally separated from the state, these computers have no music, no video and no internet! III The Ubuntu brand is one of the largest (and probably most popular) distributors of the Linux Operating system. Ubuntu is an African word that means “I am because we are”.

I Countess Elizabeth Bathory, one of the most popular “true vampires”, lived between 1560-1614. She was later accused of torturing girls and using their blood to maintain her beauty. II The swimming pool scene used in the opening of the “Sunset Boulevard” movie, in 1950, is the same one used in the 1955 movie, “Rebel Without a Cause”, by James Dean, Sal Mineo and Natalie Wood. III Nearly $4 million dollars were spent in one 10-minute scene in the 1980s movie, “Heaven's Gate”. Not only was it regarded as one of the most notorious flops in history, but also, the abuse of animals during the production made the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to give power to the American Human Society to be keen on the use of animals in any future films. IV Doris Day, the “Girl Next Door” actress, refused to act in the movie “The Graduate”, in 1939, because of the role of Mrs. Robinson, a middle-aged sexpot with a liking for younger men. V Vivien Leigh, the famous actress in the movie “Gone with the Wind, had many auditions before getting the role. Other famous actresses also read for the part, including Loretta Young, Helen Hayes, Lana Turner, Katherine Hepburn and even Lucille Ball.

I Sony once made cameras that could see through people’s clothes. The camera originally had some kind of infrared rays that could aid night vision, but it could also see through clothes, and over 700,000 people bought it. II Kleenex Tissues, which are widely known across the world, were originally intended to be used as replaceable filters in gas masks. It was a crepe paper, but accidentally, it evolved into a huge brand of tissue paper. III In Star Wars, Samuel L. Jackson was the actor who played the part of Mace Windu. However, he made the producers go the extra mile when he said he wouldn’t act without a purple lightsaber.

I The popular video sharing social media platform, Snapchat, was created in 2011. However, it was initially called Picaboo, from the popular phrase ‘peek-a-boo’. It was later changed to Snapchat in 2012. II For a very long time in history, no new characters were added to the Morse Code. However, a new character was added in 2004, when the email became popular. That character was the (@), used in email addresses. III At the advent of the world wide web, many brands lobbied to be among the first ones to own a domain name. However, the first one to get registered was www.symbolics.com, which was registered on March 15, 1985.

I The odds of dying from a vehicle accident in the United States is very high. A lot of people died in the United States after driving at a very high speed. In 1902, the United States started issuing speeding tickets to drivers who drove above 50 mph. II The Toyota Corolla is one of the best-selling cars out there. Toyota sold over 30 million units of this brand since it was produced in 2009. The most expensive car in the world is the Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita. This car costs about $4.8 million. The car is coated with diamonds and there are just three of them in the entire world. III Bertha Benz was the wife of Carl Benz, and she was the first person to drive a car for a long distance. She drove an automobile that was produced by her husband. IV The Jetta, Audi, Bentley, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bugatti and Ducati are all owned by Volkswagen. A lot of Volkswagen’s cars are named after different types of winds. Some examples are Polo, which refer to “polar winds” in German, and Passat, which means “Trade wind” in German. V The heaviest and most expensive speeding fine in the world was $1,000,000. This fine was given to a Swedish man after he was caught going 180 mph in Switzerland. This man was the first to receive such a fine and no one else has been fined such an amount to this day. VI Henry Ford was the first person to manufacture a car that a lot of Americans with an average income could afford. Even though Henry did not invent the modern car, his introduction of the 'T automobile' in 1908, changed the transportation industry in America and the world.

I If a polar bear had to eat penguins for a meal, he could eat up to eighty-six of them However, penguins do not live close to Polar bears, or they would have been wiped out. II King Henry VIII of England was a man who loved weapons. He owned thousands of weapons, 6500 of which are different types of handguns. He also slept every night with a giant axe in his bed. III Originally, movie trailers were made to be shown after the movie to remind the audience of the highlights of the movie. This was why it was originally called trailer. When producers noticed that viewers never stayed to view the trailer, they moved it showing to before the movie was out.

I According to the bible in Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken existed before the eggs. If you are a Christian, you must have read it once that God created birds. The bible did not say he created eggs, which justifies this fact. II In Japan, ‘Ronald McDonald’ is pronounced ‘Donald McDonald’ because they can’t pronounce the ‘R’. They’ve called him Donald since 1971, when the first McDonalds opened there. III Ever imagined a drunk honeybee? These bees can get drunk from fermented tree saps and cause unwanted accidents!

I In 2012 the Los Angeles city council approved a bill called, Meatless Mondays, where plant based meals would be served every Monday. This was part of an international campaign to decrease the rate of the public's meat consumption. II Vegans are very particular with what they consume. For instance, The American Vegan Society do not consider honey do not consume honey as it's an animal byproduct. III More than 90% of the oats grown in United States are eaten by livestock. It was recorded that the number of people who could be fed by the soybeans and grain that are presently fed to the United States livestock is approximated to be above 1,200,000,000. IV The United States has a record of about 12,000 pounds of excrement by its citizens in every seconds. While the overall production of excrement by the United States livestock is 250,000 pounds in every second. This would likely be significantly reduced if humans ate a more plant based diet. V Different researchers argue that the structure of human teeth is similar to any other herbivore in the animal kingdom. For instance, the human molars the shape of human molars, like a horses, or cows molars, are usually blunt and flat, making them good for grinding and not tearing into flesh. VI In 1847, in England, the first Vegetarian Society was formed. This society has just only one objective- to make people understand that it is very possible to be healthy and live a good life without eating meat.

I Vaccines are usually available in two main forms. One contains a weaker form of the disease it's vaccinating is known as “live attenuated”, and the other is called “inactivated” , and is made from the virus itself. More places in the world prefer to use the "dead" version because the attenuated version requires a cold placed to be stored. II There is a strict guideline that must be kept in order to ensure a vaccine’s safety and purity. This guideline was established by the Food and Drug Administration. All vaccines go through three stages of testing before they are approved for public use. III When testing vaccinations- first human subjects must remain in perfect health, and after this stage, the vaccines will be tested on more varied demographics to be sure that there are no dangerous side effects. IV The widespread of disease can now be prevented with vaccines. The world takes vaccination seriously since nobody wants to spend unnecessary amounts of money on treating diseases that can easily be prevented with a vaccine. V If the majority of the population is vaccinated, the remaining few who don't will be protected. For example, if 80% of a total population have been vaccinated against smallpox, they will prevent the disease from spreading among the remaining 20%. VI All vaccines have different ingredients and these ingredients fit into five main categories. The categories include: the adjuvants that enhances the effectiveness of the antigens, the antigens of the disease itself, preservatives and growth factors that makes the antigens easy to cultivate.

I When they first came out, original Xbox sets included exclusive content - like original clips from Nasa’s Apollo missions. II Today, there’s a huge variety of computers from many different brands and with many different specs, but none of them would exist without the first computer ever made. It was created by Charles Babbage in 1822, and it was as big as a house! III You have gigabytes (1024 megabytes) and terabytes (1024 gigabytes). And then there’s the petabyte, which is made up of 1024 terabytes. A drive that contains up to 1 petabyte can contain up to 13 years of high definition recordings!

I A full HD movie can be downloaded in milliseconds at the NASA Building. The Internet speed is about an average of 91GB per second. This is 10,000 times faster than the fastest household connection. II Back in the 1980's, it used to cost $437,500 to own a storage of 1 gigabyte. However, the price began to go down so much, that it was worth only 11 dollars in the year 2000. By 2016, it was already less than two cents.

I J.K. Rowling chose the female name ‘Hermione’, to shed a good light on hard working nerdy girls, who are usually teased for being themselves. She had gotten the name from “A Winter’s Tale” by Shakespeare. II When a company wanted to start in 1939, they had a lot of disagreements over what to name the company, so they tossed a coin. This resulted in the name Hewlett Packard, also known as HP. III The Eiffel Tower is 108 stories tall, and it has a total of One Thousand, Six Hundred and Sixty-Five steps on the inside. If the ones that lead from outside the building to the top of the building are counted, it will make a total of 1,710 steps, but no one is allowed to climb those.

I The “Food and Drug Administration” and “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” have both created a database to collect reports about abnormal vaccine reactions. The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) collects reports made by private and professional individuals. This report is accessible to everyone. II A California-based company produced a vaccine in 1955, and this vaccine contains a robust strain of the poliovirus. A total of 200,000 people were vaccinated, but 10 of the children died and 192 were paralyzed. III A group of our white blood cells in the immune system can remember the bacteria and viruses they have encountered in the past. Vaccines mimic this process and introduce a similar version of a disease in order to teach your body how to fight the real disease. IV A lot of diseases can be prevented via vaccination and some of them include Hepatitis B, Hib disease, measles, polio, tetanus, smallpox, diphtheria, influenza, rubella, rotavirus and pertussis. All of these diseases can be prevented through proper vaccination. V Vaccination can have a slight side effect after being administered. Some of the side effects include chills, local swelling where the vaccine was administered and slight fever. All of these side effects will only last for a short period.