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About one-tenth of the earth's surface is permanently covered with ice.

At 6'4", Lincoln was the tallest USA president

The Vatican's Swiss Guard still wears a uniform designed by Michelangelo.

The last public execution by guillotine was on June 17, 1939 when Eugen Weidman was executed before a large crowd in Versailles, France.

The Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke, India, houses more than 20,000 rats.

Napoleon Bonaparte is the historical figure most often portrayed in movies. He has been featured in 194 movies

Bananas have no fat, cholesterol or sodium.

The only continent snakes is Antarctica.

Bananas are a good source of vitamin C, potassium and dietary fiber.

A acre of coffee trees can produce up to 10,000 pounds of coffee cherries.

The world's smallest independent state is the Vatican City

Europe is the only continent without deserts.

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

Between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney collected thirty-five Oscars.

The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.

A 1.5 oz. milk chocolate bar has only 220 calories.

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

Like finger print every person has a unique tongue print.

An average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day are lost by a human being.

In 1869 Chewing gum was patented by William Semple.

If the average man decides never to trim his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.

The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889

A honey bee must tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey

MTV made its debut in 1981.

Mickey Mouse is known as 'Topolino' in Italy.