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In the 1980s, a one letter typo cost the Yellow Pages US$10 million when they misprinted a travel agency's advertisement for 'exotic vacations" as "erotic vacations."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Giraffes flick insects away with their tongues.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Elephants don't like peanuts.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Some woodpeckers like to eat the brains of baby doves.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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As of 2017, every American would have to contribute US$43,503 to pay off the U.S. national debt.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Between 1300 and 1650, up to 500,000 Europeans (mostly women) were executed for allegedly practicing witchcraft.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 16th century Europe, it was believed that eating a tomato could turn you into a werewolf.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Male spider mites prefer their sexual partners to be dead.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Rats first arrived in North America in the late 18th century onboard sailing ships that frequented East Coast seaports.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Bill and Hillary Clinton were among the 350 guests at Melania and Donald Trump's wedding.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Jack the Stripper, Britain's third most prolific serial killer, has never been caught and undressed all of his victims after asphyxiating them.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Popsicles were originally called "Eppsicles" after their inventor Frank Epperson. His children came up with the more famous name.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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7-Up was introduced in 1929 with the name of ‘Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda'.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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One of the most expensive wigs ever auctioned off was one that belonged to Andy Warhol, which sold at $10,800.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2013, there were 8 deaths and an estimated 11,400 U.S. consumers who sustained injuries related to fireworks.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Lyndon B. Johnson was the first and only U.S. president to be sworn in on an airplane.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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It's illegal in Saudi Arabia for men to work in lingerie shops.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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90% of human sperm are deformed.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Lizards can't breathe and walk at the same time.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder, first diagnosed in 2001, is a very rare condition that affects primarily women and can cause them to have up to 100 orgasms a day.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Road signs on Fucking, Austria were often stolen by souvenir-hunting tourists until 2005 when the signs were modified to be theft-resistant.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Some piranhas are cannibals.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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King George III's urine was blue.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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RadiThor, an energy drink sold in the 1920s, claimed it provided energy and cured a host of ailments, including impotence. It was simply radium dissolved in water, slowly killing its customers.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The 1960s U.S. TV show "Lost in Space" was set in 1997.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2013, Detroit temporarily stopped issuing death certificates because it ran out of paper.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There are more than 35 places called Lebanon in the U.S.A. and no fewer than 50 Greenvilles.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There were once 9 subspecies of tigers: Bengal, Siberian, Indochinese, South Chinese, Sumatran, Malayan, Caspian, Javan and Bali. The last 3 are extinct, one is extinct in the wild, and the rest are endangered.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The African grey parrot Alex was said to have the intelligence of a human 5-year-old.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Amazon.com sold its first book in July 1995: "Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
