In the 1950s, smoking was very prevalent in the United States, and advertisers would often promote cigarettes as beneficial to one's health.

Advertising's most powerful phrase—“doctors recommend”—was paired with the world's deadliest consumer product.

The red Tibetan mastiff puppy became the most expensive dog in the world - it was sold for $1.5 million.

It has never rained in the city of Kalama in the Chilean Atacama desert.

The prey has a horizontal shape of the pupil to better scan the horizon. The predator is vertical to better focus on prey.

George Washington died in 1799 after doctors drained nearly 40% of his blood in an attempt to cure a sore throat.

Urea (the substance contained in the urine) is added to cigarettes for additional flavor.

Art of Topiary is the creation of sculptures from fresh shrubs and flowers.

Bulletproof glass can be single-sided. This means you can fire back and hit your target while remaining safe. Your bullet will only leave a small hole without damaging the rest of the glass.

Actor Robert Downey Jr.'s chewed gum went up for auction for $40,000. Downey once jokingly stuck it on his colleague Jon Favreau's star on the Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, and some "sneaky fan" took the gum for himself and kept it.

If a guide dog without an owner comes up to you on the street, it means that the owner is in trouble somewhere nearby and needs help. Remember this, and one day you might save someone's life.

In America, 250,000 men are beaten by their wives every year.

One fugu fish contains enough poison to kill 30 people and there is no antidote.

There is the white rabbit syndrome, in which a person is always late for something.

Bears are considered a very young biological species, as they appeared "only" 6 million years ago.

Cheese can be addictive because it contains a small concentration of morphine-like compounds.

Bears are considered a very young biological species, as they appeared "only" 6 million years ago.

Until 1752, the New Year was officially celebrated in Great Britain on March 25.

0.06 seconds is the time it takes dogs to determine which direction the sound source is in.

You can make a cow go up a ladder, but you can't make it come down.

Jaguars are excellent swimmers. They love water and prefer to settle near bodies of water. They catch fish or open the shells of river turtles.

By the age of 22, Alexander the Great had conquered half the world.