While watching at the sun, you will see it as it was 8 minutes ago.

There are only twelve letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.

The famous distress signal SOS (· · · — — — · · · in morse code) does not mean anything! For sure, it has no link with Save our souls which is a backronym.

Whether a circle is composed of 10, 100 or 1000 people, everyone has to step back 11 inches (28 cm) in order to fit one new person in the circle.

The famous anecdote that explains the absence of a Nobel prize in mathematics by the fact that Alfred Nobel's wife cheated on him with some mathematician is false!

A swift can fly 2 or even 3 years without landing, which makes it the world champion of nonstop flight…

The famous red telephone booth has been inspired by the dome of a tomb.

An adult octopus can easily swim through a hole the size of the space between its eyes.

The first French satellite was called Asterix. It was launched on 11/26/65.

On Venus, a day is longer than a year.

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is the fear of the number 666.

Usually, koalas don’t ever drink water during their whole life.

Consumption of beer worldwide is estimated to be around 125 billions liters per year, i.e. not less than 50,000 Olympic pools.

A cow with a name produces more milk than one without.

For tennis, the English pronunciation for 0 is “love”.

The Sun alone accounts for 99.86% of the solar system’s known mass.

0.9999999… (with an infinite amount of 9) equals 1.

Statistically, there are a bit more than two Popes per sq. km in the Vatican City State.

The famous sign “Peace” (☮) was the insignia of the Wehrmacht 3. Panzer-Division (1941–1945).

Considering a group of 40 people, there are 89% chances that two of them are born the same day.