There's only one Shell garage actually shaped like a Shell

The world's largest diamond is the Cullinan Diamond. It weighs over 3,100 carats and is cut into 105 smaller diamonds.

The first car was invented in 1885 by Karl Benz. It was called the Benz Patent-Motorwagen.

A Day on Mars is Only Slightly Longer Than Earth's

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."

Maine is the nearest U.S. state to Africa.

The French-language Scrabble World Champion doesn?t speak French

Cows have best friends and can get stressed when they are separated.

The heart of a shrimp is located in its head

The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches in height during the summer due to thermal expansion.

A one-way trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway involves crossing 3,901 bridges

A lightning bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.

The # symbol isn?t officially called hashtag or pound

The T.rex likely had feathers.

The world's largest pizza was made in Italy in 2016. It was over 13,000 square feet and weighed over 11,000 pounds.

Mercury, not Venus, is the closest planet to Earth on average.

The world's largest airplane is the Antonov An-225 Mriya. It is 275 feet long and has a wingspan of 290 feet.

The average car has about 30 pounds of copper in its wiring.

The Ford GT40 was named after its height - 40 inches.

Earth is 4.54 billion years old.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.