Former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez had his own TV show that aired every Sunday from 1992 to 2012. The length of the broadcast varied every week but it usually lasted from 11:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m.

In the last 45 years the suicide rate globally has increased by 60% among those aged 15 to 44 years old.

The human brain has decreased in size by 10% in comparison to 20,000 years ago. Scientists have two theories as to why this is happening. One, yes humans are getting dumber or two, we are more efficient, quicker thinkers.

Helen Duncan was the last English woman convicted for witchcraft in 1944.

The name Philip may sound royal but it's actually Greek Φιλιππος (Philippos), which traslates to "horse lover."

The bald eagle knows what to do when it loses one feather from a wing. The bird will simply lose a feather from the opposite wing to maintain its balance.

Being part of a religious organization is good business as it is worth $1.2 trillion per year in the United States alone. This outperforms the country's 10 biggest tech companies. The tax-free industry includes; kosher and halal food markets, social programs, healthcare facilities, daycare, and media, among others.

When the Hindenburg caught fire and crashed on May 6, 1937, 35 people of the 97 passenger and crew perished.

No wonder families were in a rush to marry their daughters off. The term "singlewoman" was a slang word for prostitute during medieval times.

A hyenas researcher sued the giant Disney studio for defamation of character. He was not suing for himself but rather the portrayal of hyenas in the animated film The Lion King.

English author, Charles Dickens loved his cat so much he had his paw made into a letter opener after the feline died.

He may be the most famous horror writer of our times but Stephen King won't go to sleep without his light on.

Bees are loyal subjects. When a queen bee found herself trapped in a car, her 20,000 bees stayed outside the car for two days until she was able to fly to freedom.

Archeologists digging in the Turkish-Syrian border discovered 2,400-year-old mosaic skeleton. The mosaic had an important message in it, "Be cheerful and live your life."

When making a decision drunk, ancient Persians would rethink it while sober. Vice versa, if a decision was made while sober, they would reconsider it while drunk.

Pablo Escobar's son, Sebastián Marroquín, offered his consultant services to the TV series Narcos. The show's first two seasons covered the rise and fall of the Colombian drug lord. The show's director declined Marroquín's offer.

Vice President Richard Nixon saved famed musician Louis Armstrong from getting busted with carrying marijuana into the United States. Nixon ran into Armstrong at an airport, took the mans's bag and carried them for him without knowing the contents inside.

Today, there are 23 countries around the world without a military presence. Some of those nations are Liechtenstein, the Vatican, Samoa, Andorra, and Costa Rica.

When the Berlin Wall was erected in 1961, it was 140 kilometres long. That's 86.992 miles!

While stranded in the island of Jamaica, Christopher Columbus tricked the natives into giving him and his crew food and supplies by predicting an eclipse.

The music video "Gangnam Style" is the most viewed video on YouTube, breaking the site's counter. YouTube had to upgrade its counter to keep up with the number of people watching the video. As of September 2016, it has over 2.64 billion views.

Ancient Romans ate the salema porgy fish for its hallucination effects.

Koalas have it made. The marsupial sleeps around 20 hours per day.

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California is the number one suicide site in the world. 2013, was the worst year for suicides at the bridge with 46 people taking their lives there.

Capuchin male monkeys urinate on their hands, rubbing their fur with it afterwards. Turns out, this is to attract the female capuchins to mate.