Early explorers claimed to see mermaids rising out of the River Niger. What they did see: manatees.

Kangaroos can't walk backwards.

Google hires about 200 goats to trim the grass at their mountain view headquarters, reducing the need for lawnmowers and promoting eco friendly landscaping.

The correct pronunciation for "BMW" is "BEE EM VEE"

Manchester United have won twice as many Ballon d’Or as every other English club combined.

Elon Musk was blocked by his girlfriend on Twitter. When Musk bought Twitter, he made his girlfriend account disappear from Twitter.

During an interview, Mike Tyson claimed that he was “disappointed” he never killed anyone in the ring and that he actually felt jealous of another fighter who had.

Barbados is known as "the land of the flying fish", and the fish is a national symbol of the country.

The walls of hospitals have heard more prayers than the walls of any church.

You can be fined up to 1,000 dollars for whistling on a Sunday in the US city of Salt Lake, Utah.

In South Korea, Instead of asking "How are you?", they often ask "Did you eat rice?" to show concern for someone's well-being.

The line at McDonald's at the grand opening of first McDonald's in Moscow, Russia. January 31, 1990.

In 2013, James Howells a British man mistakenly threw a hard drive containing 7,500 #Bitcoin in the trash. That hard drive is now worth over $750 million.

Germs are not the only thing residing on your dollar. Almost 80% of dollar bills hold traces of cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin.

Farm manager Rachel Rivers thanked Pewsey Fire Station for saving 18 piglets and two sows from a fire by giving them sausages made from the very same animals.

Earth is the only planet where fire can burn.

The sun and the moon appear to be in the same size because of an astonishing coincidence, the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.

Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in the 2004 film "The Passion of the Christ," was struck by lightning during filming.

Every Easter on the Greek island of Chios, two churches host an ancient ritual in which residents on either side of town fire some handmade rockets at the bell tower of the opposing church.

Gorillas don't drink water.