The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are 1 in 2,000,000.
Oak trees are struck by lightning more than any other tree.
Clams are all male at birth, only becoming female when the need arises.
There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs being lost at sea.
A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.
At one 'feeding', a mosquito can absorb one and a half times its own weight in blood. On a related note, a mosquito will drink itself to death when taking blood from a human; it will drink so much that, when attempting to fly away, it's body will be split in half by the blood forcing its way out.
In France, it is legal to marry a dead person.
There is a giant mushroom in Oregon that is over 2,400 years old, covers 3.4 square miles of land, and is still growing.
The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.
In Medieval Europe, it was common for nobles to marry their sixteen-year-old sons to twelve- year-old girls.