The first ski competitions were held in 1893 in Mürzzuschlag in Austria.
Chameleon’s tongue is twice as long as his body.
If there is a statue of a person on horseback in the park, and the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg raised, the person died of wounds sustained in battle. If the horse has all of its legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Women are much more adept at reading backward and identifying hidden 3D drawings thanks to better ties between the two hemispheres of the brain.
In Africa poachers kill about a hundred elephants every day.
Every year thousands of new oak trees grow in the world just because squirrels cannot remember where they hide their acorns.