Fishing in your pajamas is prohibited by law in Chicago, state Illinois.
Every 40 minutes approximately 40 million skin cells die on a man. If we gather them all in one place we could fill up a four-story building.
The magazine "Time" proclaimed Adolf Hitler "person of the year" in 1938.
The weight of a diamond is measured in carats, and one carat is 0.2 grams. The heaviest diamond that has ever been found to this date is weighed 621 grams or 3105 carats.
Famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), died of a liver failure. The researchers found that by examining the DNA of one of his strands of hair.
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.