According to statistics, the United States annually spends 500.000.000.000 (500 billion) matches.
In the Middle Ages, patients were tended by nuns, who in between themselves called one another sisters. That name was later used for trained nurses.
The average weight of a male brain is 1450 grams, while the weight of an average female brain is about 1300 grams.
When the Moon is directly above you, your weigh slightly less than usual.
The last US state to introduce mandatory photo on the driver's license was New York, 1984.
The first ski competitions were held in 1893 in Mürzzuschlag in Austria.
