The YKK on zippers stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher

In the four major US professional sports (baseball, basketball, football, and hockey), there are only seven teams whose nicknames do not end with an 'S'

The African lungfish can live out of water for up to four years

Gunsmoke debuted on CBS-TV in 1955, and went on to become the longest-running (20 years) series on television.

Two in every three car buyers pays the sticker price without arguing.

There are, on average, 42 typos in a daily paper

The largest human organ is the skin, with a surface area of about 25 square feet.

The Great Lakes are Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

With few exceptions, birds do not sing while on the ground They sing during flight or while sitting on an object off the ground