Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, a Medieval Persian scholar, put forward the basic theory of evolution 600 years before Darwin was born. –

       Osama Bin Laden’s dad was a billionaire who fathered 54 children.

 Mathematically there are more possible games of chess than there are atoms in the Observable Universe. – 

   Zheng He (born 1371) was a Chinese explorer, mariner, diplomat and fleet admiral who travelled as far as Arabia. He was a eunuch who had been castrated by the Empire and enslaved as punishment, but rose to immense power. 

Apollo 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell had a cameo in the movie Apollo 13. He requested to play the captain of the ship that rescues him because that was the same rank he held when he retired from the Navy. 

  The lightning storms make it rain diamonds on Saturn.

   People in certain areas of America can light their tap water on fire because of large amounts of flammable gases in their tap water. –

   In Rome, the ancient temple where Julius Caesar was murdered is now a sanctuary for hundreds of cats. –

               Brazil has the biggest Japanese community outside of Japan

   The reason Sir Christopher Lee does not speak in the 1966 film *Dracula: Prince of Darkness* is because he thought the lines for Dracula were so appalling that he refused to say them. –

 Ancient Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria invented the first vending machine which dispensed holy water after you put in a coin. He also invented the first steam engine and the first wind powered machine, 2000 years before the industrial revolution. –

  When President Ronald Reagan was admitted to a hospital in 1981 due to being shot by John Hinckley Jr., he joked “Please tell me you’re all Republicans.” To which a surgeon who was a liberal democrat himself replied, “We’re all Republicans today.” 

                                   On average 12 high school and college football players die each year during practices and games. 

  “It was once assumed that oysters were only safe to eat in months with the letter ‘r’ in their English and French names. This myth is based in truth, in that in the Northern Hemisphere, oysters are much more likely to spoil in May, June, July, and August.”

   Dead ants emit a chemical that tells other ants to move the body to a burial ground. If this chemical is sprayed on a live ant, other ants will treat it as a dead ant, regardless of what the live ant does. 

  There is a Royal Navy superstition that whistling on a ship can summon strong winds. Traditionally, the only person allowed to whistle is the ship’s cook, as it means he’s not eating the food.

   A Hong Kong billionaire has offered $65 million to any man who can woo and marry his lesbian daughter

   In the 1880s, Margarine had to be dyed pink in order to prevent confusion between butter substitutes and actual butter. 

 French Emperor Napoleon wore poison around his neck in case of defeat. When he finally used it in 1814, it had lost its strength and only made him painfully ill. – 

After a Black female postmaster was wrongly pressured out of her post in Mississippi in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt continued to pay her federal salary and punished the town by rerouting their mail to Greenville, 30 miles away. –

 Saudi Arabia promotes practice of marriage between close relatives which has resulted in high level of several genetic disorder including thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, spinal muscular atrophy, deafness and muteness

  Finland is one of the only two countries in the world that have earned a medal at every Olympic game since 1908. –

   David Bowie’s permanently dilated pupil was the result of a punch to the face in a fight over a girl. Despite their altercation, he and George Underwood stayed friends and Underwood went on to do the artwork for Bowie’s early albums. –

   Earth is the only known planet where fire can burn. No other planet has enough oxygen.

  There is a one-hole “golf course” just meters south of the Korean DMZ which is surrounded on three sides by minefields. There are reports that at least one shot exploded a land mine. 

   Dolphins, like humans, cannot drink seawater and the only source of liquid they consume is from the food they eat.

   After the first Hiroshima atomic bombing in Japan, one Hiroshima policeman went to Nagasaki to teach police about ducking after the atomic flash. As a result of this timely warning, not a single Nagasaki policeman died in Nagasaki’s atomic blast. –

 There is a honey war going on between beekeepers in Australia over manuka trees. Some beekeepers even use Helicopters to position their hives in groves of the sought-after trees. 

  When John Hinckley attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan, all of his shots initially missed the President; however, a bullet ricocheted off the bullet-proof Presidential vehicle and struck Reagan. Thus, a car made to protect the President from bullets instead directed gunfire to the president. 

   When the Beatles recorded “Hey Jude” Ringo was on the toilet and came back just in time to play the drums on the song.