The Chevrolet Corvette was named after a small, maneuverable warship called a corvette.

It would take 19 minutes to fall to the centre of the Earth

Sea otters hold hands while sleeping to prevent drifting apart.

Your brain synapses shrink while you sleep

The fingerprints of koalas are so similar to humans' that they've been confused at crime scenes.

A rainbow on Venus is called a glory.

You can thank the Greeks for calling Christmas ?Xmas?

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

May 20, 1873, is the ?birthday? of blue jeans

Boars wash their food

Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne started Apple Inc. on April Fools? Day

A day on Mars is roughly 24.6 hours.

A sneeze travels at over 100 miles per hour.

A shark is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes.

Johnny Appleseed?s fruits weren?t for eating

Most Disney characters wear gloves to keep animation simple

The world's largest spider is the Goliath birdeater. It can grow up to 12 inches long and have a legspan of over 10 inches.

A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.

Kim Kardashian knows the alphabet in sign language

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."

The word "aquarium" means "watering place for cattle" in Latin