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The footwear company Nike was named after Nike the Greek goddess of victory.

Male dolphins are called bulls, female dolphins are called cows and baby dolphins are called calves.

Atlantic Giant pumpkins are grown in the Canadian city of Windsor, Nova Scotia. Enthusiast paddlers carve boats out of the giant pumpkins and participate every year in the world biggest pumpkin race.

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The sailfish is the fastest fish in the world, capable of reaching speeds of 68 miles per hour (110 km/h).

The most commonly used pepper in the world is black pepper, also known as "The King of Spices." Hippocrates considered pepper to be more of a medicine than a spice.

The city of Hamburg, Germany has more bridges within it's city limits than any other city in the world; a total of about 2300. Amsterdam has about 1200 bridges and Venice about 400.

In North America black cats are considered to bring bad luck while in Japan they are considered to bring good luck.

The world Dracula actually comes from the Irish word "Droch Ola", which means "bad blood". It is thought that the author of Dracula wrote the book as a metaphor of the way Irish landlords treated their peasants(sucking the life out of them) during the 1845 great famine.

The Pacific Ocean is the biggest ocean in the world, accounting for 32% of the world's total surface area. That's slightly more than all the land in the world combined.

Japan is the "vending machine capital of the world." Beer, whiskey, cigarettes, underwear, sausages, rice, eggs and potted plants are just a few of the many items you'd find in Japanese vending machines.

Fire ants can build living floating rafts. When flooded, they grab onto each other using their jaws and sticky legs, forming a circular floating raft.

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The goldfish has been found to have a memory-span of at least 3 months. There have also been a few people who actually trained their goldfish to do tricks!

Dragonflies use 80% of their brainpower just to process vision signals. They are capable of seeing everything around them without moving their eyes.

The term 'soap opera' was given because these shows were originally sponsored by soap manufacturing companies. The first soap opera aired in 1930.

Marlin fish found in the Atlantic ocean are big and fast. They weigh up 1,400lbs (630kg) and can swim 50 miles per hour (80km/h). Their pointy spear helps them hunt tuna and mackerel.

Ancient Egyptian are discovered the sweet sap of the marshmallow plant around 2000 BC. They created a candy recipe using the sap and honey that was so good, it was reserved only for the royals.

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