For several centuries, women used to rub crushed strawberries on their breasts in the belief that it would enlarge them

The mouse is the most common mammal in the US.

Shakespeare was the first to use certain words that are now common, including 'hurry,' 'bump,' eyeball' and 'anchovy'

The average adult male ostrich, the world's largest living bird, weighs up to 345 pounds.

Benjamin Franklin invented swim fins

The IRS would need at least 15 3/4 miles of shelves to store the tax forms they receive each year

The air we breathe is 78% nitrogen, 21.5% oxygen, .5% argon and other gases.

Mary Magdalene is the patroness of hairdressers

Twenty percent of all road accidents in Sweden involve a moose

Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring substance, and is also one of the most valuable natural substances. Diamonds are crystals formed almost entirely of carbon. Because of its hardness, the diamond is the most enduring of all gemstones. They are among the most costly jewels in the world, partly because they are rare, Only four important diamond fields have been found - in Africa, South America, India, and the Soviet Union.