I just finished up the Bing homepage quiz ;  today's (Sunday) topic was sloths and I got five of five correct. Not really surprising,...

Did you know about the " Streisand Effec t "?  The term refers to the 2003 attempt by Barbara Streisand to keep photos of her...

American gymnast George Eyser won six medals during the 1924 Summer Olympics, despite having lost his left leg as a young boy after being ...

Passion purpura - the medical term for a hickey . Ever played that "either/or" game when you were a kid?  "Would you ...

(No, not the big brain of a bird, but the brain of a big bird...I just wanted a chance to use alliteration) An ostrich's eye is bigge...

You Should Watch a Drama You are thoughtful, ...

Humans and bananas share about 60% of the same DNA structure. The percentage is about the same for the fruit fly, too.

At least not where someone can slip on it. You can use the inside of a banana peel to polish leather shoes and silverware and stop mosqui...

California, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and Texas are the five states with the most reported hauntings.

Transurphobia - the fear of haircuts. Understandable. My pop used to cut my hair when I was a kid, an easy way to save a buck.  My ...

All the matter that makes up the human race can fit into a sugar cube.  This is because atoms are mostly empty space and if you crammed all...

He's called "The King of the Jungle".  From today's trivia calendar:  A lion sleeps for 20 hours a day. And this on...

The words "Hong Kong" can be spoken without moving your lips!

The pound symbol (#) or "hashtag" is also called an octothorpe.

Every year, the Earth becomes about twelve tons heavier because of meteorites landing.

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never phoned his wife or his mother. They were both deaf. And, in case you did...

There are 7 points on the crown of the Statue of Liberty.  They represent the 7 continents and 7 seas of the world.

Males of some praying mantis species cannot copulate while its head is attached. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head of...

To read this bit of trivia. Actually, it shouldn't take you that long (unless you went to the same school I did) because technically ...

Dolphins shut down half of their brains when they sleep, sleeping with one eye open.