The Mauryan kings were guarded by women trained in the use of the sword and the bow.
In Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries heels on shoes were always colored red.
After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink.
The fortune cookie was invented in 1916 by George Jung, a Los Angeles noodle maker.
An average human's breathe 438 cubic feet air in 24 hours.
Owl is the only bird, which can rotate its head to 270 degrees.
Perfume is made up of alcohol, water & perfume (fragrance) oil.
Do not feed avocado as it is toxic to birds!
You lose enough dead skin cells in your lifetime to fill eight five-pound flour bags.
The oldest existing newspaper in India is Bombay Samachar.
The polar bear's compact ears and small tail also help prevent heat loss.
The substance that human blood resembles most closely in terms of chemical composition is sea water.
90% of the Vitamin C present in Brussel Sprouts are lost in cooking.
Kiwis are the only birds, which hunt by sense of smell.
During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
Women produce half the world's food, but own only one percent of its farmland.
A single coffee tree yields only one pound of roasted, ground coffee annually.
The United Nations University is located in Tokyo.
Elephant teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds.
Bone is five times stronger than steel.
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