The leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro was entered in to the Guinness Book of Records as the target of 683 assassination attempts!
It takes no more than 20 moves to solve the Rubik’s Cube.
In the Middle Ages, all believed as did Aristotle, that the heart is the center of intelligence.
Expansion of a crocodile jaw causes secretion of the lacrimal (tear) gland, and that is how the belief was created that the crocodile was mourning his victim.
The largest rose bush is located in the US state Tombstone Arizona. It was planted in the 18th century and when it is in full bloom it has more than 200.000 roses!
A group of researchers from Lausanne (Switzerland) found that there are genes that determine the quality of sleep. It was thus proven that insomnia, as well as good sleep, can be hereditary.