According to Wikipedia, Mozart once proposed to Marie Antoinette. Can you imagine the art works that would have come from that marriage?

A study by people with way too much time on their hands once discovered that only 2.6% of worker ants in a colony are always active. 25% never do anything and 72% only work half of the time.

The few drops of water left at the bottom of a plastic bottle when it's thrown away totals up to 22 million gallons a year. That's only in the U.S.

Steven Spielberg held on to the story of Schindler's List for ten years before making the movie. When he received it, he didn't think that he was mature enough to make it.

80% of North Americans and 60% of Europeans have so much pollution that they can't see the Milky Way at night. Overall, that's how it is for one third of the human race.

During the national coverage of the O.J. Simpson speed car chase, Domino's sold as many pizza's as they did on Super Bowl Sunday.

The show Family Guy once used a nine-year old video clip from YouTube in an episode. They did so without receiving permission from the user. Shortly afterward, the original user's clip was taken down from YouTube citing copyright infringement.

Marissa Mayer, who is the CEO of Yahoo, became the first ever female to be employed by Google. That happened back in 1999 and she turned it into a pretty nice career.

Getting married in Manhattan will cost you an average of $80,000. It's the highest cost of the average wedding in the United States.

Did you know that there are 93 MILLION people in China with the name Wang? That's insane. It's by far the most popular name in the country.

Every single year there are about 50 million people that are injured in car accidents around the world. So you wanna go for a ride?

The first police force ever in Australia was made up of the country's most well behaved convicts. That's not a bad idea!

Everyone knows that beavers build dams. But did you know the biggest one they ever built is actually two times longer than the Hoover Dam?

Were you aware that birds only have one ovary? It's supposed to make them light enough for flight.

It's common knowledge that Norway has a sprawling coastline. It's actually long enough to circle the globe two and a half times.

Residents of Ghana enjoy a soda that is named Pee Cola.

Did you know that an anteater puts away around 35,000 termites and ants each day?

Everyone talks about the hole in the ozone layer and use it as a tool to bring about change in the way the world conducts itself. Did you know that hole is twice the size of Europe?

During the 19th century when someone was pouring tea, they were known to be "bitching the pot." Isn't old time slang great!

Did you know that there are more bikes in Copenhagen, Denmark than actual people? How exactly does that work?

So you think that zebras are white with black stripes right? Wrong! Officially they are actually black with white stripes.

The Swastika is widely known as a symbol of hatred and is considered very offensive. That's not the case however for Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism. They see it as a symbol of auspiciousness.

When you see all of the nude statues everywhere keep in mind that the Ancient Greeks used to exercise naked. Maybe that's why they are always portrayed that way.

If you live in Alaska you can have your pizza delivered by plane. I wonder what the delivery charge is for that!

Did you know that a lion's roar can be heard five miles away? So the next time you think that someone is loud just remember that fact!