All of the roles in Shakespeare's plays were originally acted by men and boys. In England at that time, it wasn't proper for females to appear on stage.

Cashews are botanically classified as the seed of a tropical and semitropical fruit called the cashew apple

Oddly, no term existed for 'homosexuality' in ancient Greece - there were only a variety of expressions referring to specific homosexual roles. Experts find this baffling, as the old Greek culture regarded male/male love in the highest regard. According to several linguists, the word 'homosexual' was not coined until 1869 by the Hungarian physician Karoly Maria Benkert.

Fourteen percent of the one million citizens of Nairobi, Kenya carry the AIDS virus. Some 20% of the Kenyan military is infected. (1997)

Hilary Clinton once said 'We are the President'

The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.

A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.

Blue whales weigh as much as 30 elephants and are as long as three Greyhound buses

Americans spent over $360 million in 1982 to avoid having bad breath.

Thomas Jefferson did not sign the Constitution He was in France during the convention, where he served as the US minister