It was customary for a man to walk with a lady on his left so that his right arm - his sword arm - was left free.
In Hungary the groom drinks a toast to his bride out of her wedding slipper.
4,000 years ago the first shoes were made of a single piece of rawhide that enveloped the foot for both warmth and protection.
The song "Jingle Bells" was first written for Thanksgiving and then became one of the most popular Christmas songs.
In Denmark, a flag is flow outside the window when someone in the house is celebrating a birthday.
When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less.
Pear is a fruit that ripens from the inside out.
Milk chocolate was invented by Daniel Peter, who sold the concept to his neighbour Henri Nestl.
Beaver teeth never stop growing.
Scene band continued playing music while the Titanic sank is a true story.
A baker's dozen consists of 13 items 1 more than the items in a normal dozen.
The last food Elvis Presley ate comprised four scoops of ice cream and six chocolate chip cookies.
Chocolate was originally a cold drink whisked from cocoa beans by the Aztecs and women were not allowed to drink it.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian seal for that reason.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
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