Kim Peek (54), the autistic genius who inspired the creation of a film "Rain Man", knew by heart the contents of 12.000 books. That are almost all the books he had read from the age of four.
According to statistics, the United States annually spends 500.000.000.000 (500 billion) matches.
In the state of Indiana (US), there is a town called Santa Claus.
You are two times more likely to be killed by a vending machine than a shark.
American film “Mary Poppins” from 1965 was awarded five Oscars. One of them was for special effects in the scene where Mary Poppins is landing with the help of her umbrella.
During the day a man’s nail grows on average 0.1 millimeters, and for a new one to grow fully it needs approximately three months.
