In Italy, 95 liters per year of non-carbonated bottled water is drunk per capita, making it the first country in the world in that category.
Horses usually sleep standing up. Their feet have a particular system of tendons, bones, and joints that effortlessly hold the weight of this large animal. When the muscles are in a standstill, they are completely relaxed.
The Mongolian khan and the Chinese emperor went hunting with 500 falcons and an entourage of 10.000 people.
Geese were the first birds domesticated by man.
With the arrival of winter days, human need for sleep increases. In early March, this need begins to decrease.
If a book of average size would contain all of the insect’s names, it would have about 6.000 pages, as our planet has more than 900.000 known species.