There was a toilet paper shortage in the USA in 1973 caused by a joke on a talk show that convinced people to hoard toilet paper 

   Mountain Dew in Canada didn’t have caffeine until early 2012. Mountain Dew in Canada didn’t have caffeine until early 2012.

   In 2009, Nicolas Cage outbid Leonardo DiCaprio for a $276,000 Dinosaur Skull. –

  Charlize Theron has an American accent because she only spoke Afrikaans at home and “learned to speak English properly in the US.” 

  Americans eat 69 million pounds of avocados on Super Bowl Sunday

   The largest mountain in The Netherlands is located in the Caribbean. 

  While the pointed white hood is a symbol of racism in the US, the same costume is used during Easter celebration in Spain. – 

   There is enough water in Lake Superior to flood the entire landmasses of North and South America to a depth of 1 foot. It contains over 3 quadrillion gallons of fresh water

   Keanu Reeves was so good at being a hockey goalkeeper he was nicknamed ‘The Wall’. He dreamed of playing hockey for Canada but an injury ended his hopes for a career in the sport. –

   There is an AGM Missile which will deploy a parachute and wait till radar goes back online before starting up the second engine and finishing the job

  When USA’s first space station Skylab crashed in Australia in 1979, Australia issued USA a fine of A$400 for littering, which remained unpaid for 30 years. – Source

   20 ft. long crocodiles used to have long legs, allowing them to emerge from water gallop at other animals at full speed. 

   Dwayne Johnson was the first person to announce the death of Osama bin laden via Twitter.

 In the US, peanut butter must contain 90% peanuts, otherwise, it must be called “peanut spread”. 

Martin Luther King’s speeches in Selma were written specifically for the film because Steven Spielberg owns the rights to the originals

  Queen Victoria owned a bulletproof chainmail-lined umbrella. –

In 1987, Christian missionaries from the US evangelized the uncontacted Zo’e people in Brazil. 45 natives died from infectious diseases brought by the missionaries

Leonardo Da Vinci used more than thirty layers of paint on the Mona Lisa, some of which were thinner than a human hair. 

  In 1985 a pool party was thrown in New Orleans for Lifeguards in celebration of a year without drowning. One man drowned at that party. –

 Heath Ledger was an avid chess player; he won Western Australia’s junior chess championship at age 10 and as an adult, he would play against other chess enthusiasts at Washington Square Park.

  A woman who eats at least one stalk of Broccoli every week is 40% less likely to get breast cancer. 

  An Air Canada flight was asked by Australian authorities to investigate an emergency beacon. The plane, with 270 people, flew at 4000 feet as crew and passengers used binoculars to locate a stranded sailor, who was later rescued by police. The flight landed safely in Sydney, 90 minutes delayed. 

   On Good Friday 1930 the BBC reported that there was no news so instead, they played piano music.

  Lesotho is the only country on Earth to lie completely above 1000 meters in elevation

   While campaigning in southern states Hillary Clinton would adopt a southern drawl. – 

   “Pretty Boy” Floyd, one of America’s most notorious bank robbers, on bank heists, he was known for destroying mortgage papers, consequently freeing hundreds of people from property debt. –

      7 schools in New York City look exactly the same because they only had money for 1 set of blueprints.

   Andrew Jackson carried a locket with a picture of his deceased wife, Rachel Jackson, and propped it up in front of his bed every night so that she would be the last thing he saw when falling asleep and the first thing when he woke up. –

   Ukraine once had 2000 nuclear warheads, the third largest in the world, before they willingly disposed of them in 1996.

 Hang Son Doong in Vietnam is the largest cave in the world. It houses a rain forest in its largest chamber. The cave wasn’t discovered until 1991, and wasn’t explored until 2009. –