The first living creatures that the United States ever sent into space were two mice, named Mickey and Minnie after Walt Disney characters

The word 'news' did not come about because it was the plural of 'new' It came from the first letters of the words North, East, West and South. This was because information was gathered from all different directions.

Most satellites of Uranus are named after Shakespearean characters

The game of tennis originated in the grounds of Wimbledon House, home of the Earl of Wessex, in the 15th century

Chimney's used to be cleaned by dropping live chickens down them

The very first bomb dropped by the British and Americans on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo

The study of insects is called 'etymology'

King George I of England could not speak English. He was born and raised in Germany and never learnt to speak English even though he was king from 1714-1727

In Sweden in 1994, a man who was deaf in one ear, made a complete recovery after doctors removed a 47-year-old bus ticket from his ear

In America, tomato ketchup was patented as a medicine in 1830.

'Paul' is Paul McCartney's second name. His first name is 'James'

William Shakespeare rewrote the ending of Romeo and Juliet no less than forty times before he was finally satisfied with it

The natives of Hawai call their longest fish by the name of 'homomomonukunukuaguk'