None of the passengers of the Mayflower had middle names

Potato chips are American's favorite snack food. They are devoured at a rate of 1.2 billion pounds a year.

Hydroponics is the technique by which plants are grown in water without soil.

Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool

A dog can suffer from tonsillitis, but not appendicitis They don't have an appendix

A law passed in Nebraska in 1912 really set down some hard rules of the road Drivers in the country at night were required to stop every 150 yards, send up a skyrocket, then wait eight minutes for the road to clear before proceeding cautiously, all the while blowing their horn and shooting off flares

Flies take off backwards

For a while Frederic Chopin, the composer and pianist, wore a beard on only one side of his face 'It does not matter,' he explained 'My audience sees only my right side'

Americans eat 134 pounds of sugar a year

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear