Stapedius is the smallest muscle in the human body. Its length is only 6.3 millimeters and enables the movement of the bones in the middle ear.
In 1666, the fire that destroyed most of the city of London, at the same time has ended the plague. Mostly because the fire killed infected rats who were the carriers of the disease.
The term "redskins", Indians acquired, not because of the color of their skin, but because of the red color they put on their skin when they went to war.
The most expensive film in the world, worth around $ 615.400 per second, is a film of the assassination of the US President John F. Kennedy and it was made by Abraham Zapruder and it lasts 26 seconds.
Fishing in your pajamas is prohibited by law in Chicago, state Illinois.
The first ski competitions were held in 1893 in Mürzzuschlag in Austria.