- On average women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2000.
- On average, an iceberg weighs 20 million tons.
- On average, Elephants sleep for about 2 hours per day.
- On February 9, 1993, "Dateline NBC" was forced to publicly apologize, and NBC president Michael Gartner resigned for a scandal caused by "Dateline" rigging a GM truck with explosives to simulate a "scientific" crash-test demo.
- On July 28th, 1945, a US Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building, killing 14 people.
- On Picarn Island, it is a criminal offence it shout ' ship ohoy' when there is in fact no ship in sight.
- On the 15 January 1867, there was a severe frost in London, and over 40 people died in Regent's Park when the ice broke on the main lake.
- On the 24 April 1993, Charles Servizio completed 46,001 push-ups (press-ups) in 24 hours, at Fontana, California, USA.
- On the same day as he completed his masterpiece "The Divine Comedy", the Italian poet Dante died.
- One in every 2000 babies is born with a tooth.
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