The day Saturday is named after the planet Saturn, which in turn was named after the Roman god of agriculture, Saturn.
Around 40 billion coffee cups are consumed each year. Despite the enormous number of coffee cups, tea is the #1 most consumed beverage.
Elephants use their ears to cool down. The big skin surface and moves like a fan blade and can reduce their body temperature by about 10 degrees Celsius (20 Fahrenheit).
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Kites were invented more than 3000 years ago, in ancient China, and used in battles to frighten the enemy.
Snails can glide across razor blades and knives without being harmed. The mucus they secrete acts as a barrier between their body and the sharp object.
The world biggest restaurant buffet organized in November, 2010 by Art of Living Foundation in India offered more than 5000 different dishes.
In space, astronauts eat tortillas instead of bread due to safety reasons. Bread crumbs could get loose and damage delicate equipment on the spacecraft.
Mosquitoes love the scent of stinky feet. Cleaning your feet before being around mosquitoes helps to avoid being bitten.
An ostrich egg equals 24 chicken eggs, and can feed 12 people breakfast. They weigh about 3 pounds (1.4kg).
The largest creature to ever fly above our earth was the Quetzalcoatlus. It's wingspan was 50 feet (16m).
All scorpions glow under UV light. The Emperor Scorpion in West Africa glows blue or green. UV lights are perfect for finding scorpions in a home.
Titan Arum (the Corpse flower) in Sumatra is the world's tallest flower, growing up to 10 feet tall (3 meters). It flowers every 10 years and smells like rotten eggs combined with moth balls and rotten meat.
The Bluetooth telecommunication protocol is named after Harald Bluetooth, the king of Denmark and Norway in the year 958. He unified the two countries, much like Bluetooth unifies devices.
More than 1.5 million seeds of various plants from around the world are stored at the Svalbard global seed vault in Norway. To ensure the safety of the seeds, it was built inside a tunnel carved under a mountain.
Dalmatian puppies are born completely white. Their spots appear a few weeks later.
Fashion designer Mary Quant is credited for inventing the miniskirt. She named it "Mini" after her favorite car the Mini Cooper.
