1. Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania, New Zealand and Fiji on his first voyage, yet managed to completely miss mainland Australia. How that happened I’ll never know.
2. Mahatma Gandhi never won the Nobel Peace Prize. Well, some people actually think he doesn’t deserve it.
3. Yassir Arafat and Henry Kissinger both won the Nobel Peace Prize. Amazing right?
4. It is arguably believed that the D in “D-day” stands for day. So day-day?
5. The Finnish capital of Helsinki was founded by a Swedish king in 1550. I don’t think this is useless.
6. The U.S. and the British fought the bloodless “War of Pork and Beans” in 1839.
7. In ancient Egypt, priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
8. You can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth. Most males have 40, females have 36. Interesting. But who even has the time to check that?
9. If you put two straws in your mouth, one inside a drink and one outside it, you won't be able to drink through either straw. I haven’t tried this, but if you do let me know.
10. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of painted plaster for 3 years. After the war, the Academy invited the recipients to redeem the plaster awards for gold-plated ones.
11. Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year. This one though.