Every year of March 12 in China is the National Tree Planting Day. It is on this very day that millions simply try to make their streets and town greener, an idea that should be embraced by ...

Actor George Clooney has a pet pig named Max, a 300 lbs Vietnamese pot-bellied pig, whom he named often his best friend and the longest relationship he ever had. Clooney had bought the pig ...

Visiting Oklahoma in the USA? Then you'd better not make any "ugly faces" at a dog, for that is cause for a hefty fine or even imprisonment. How would the judge decide exactly ...

Despite what his adversaries said at the time - and his detractors later - Napoleon wasn't in reality as short as you might think. Actually he was above the average height for Frenchmen at ...

The iconic Eiffel Tower was initially planned to be installed in Barcelona, Spain, but the authorities of that age rejected (rather loudly) the whole idea. Around 90 elephants are killed ...

The original title for Minecraft was Cave Game. Toru Iwatani created Pac-Man, one of the most famous and iconic video game characters, while eating a pizza. Hence the form of the hero. ...

The largest diamond ever discovered is the Cullinan Diamond, found in January 1905 in a mine in South Africa. This priceless gem has no less than 3106,75 carats, and so far none has come ...

Being born as the oldest son of Stephen King ought to be a silver spoon if you want do be a writer to, yet Joseph Hillstrom King (born of June 4th 1972) wanted to make it on his own. If he ...

1. The safest country in Europe is Norway. 2. Bolivia has no more, no less than 37 official languages, including Bolivian Sign Language, several extinct dialects and, of course, Spanish. ...

The new Roger Waters album. For many of his casual listeners Waters is still thoroughly linked with Pink Floyd, despite the break-up, but his fans, who have carefully and patiently followed ...

The city of Bangkok has a ceremonial name that is simply too long to be true, but it is the official one: Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop ...

1. According to legends coffee was discovered by some goat herders in 9th century Ethiopia, after their discovered what effect the berries had on their flock after being eaten. Then some ...

Fans of Harry Potter have a short time to wait until two new books set in the famous wizard's universe will be released, in October 2017, celebrating two decades since the publishing of the ...

1. His baptism name was actually Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. Actually the now famous Amadeus - mainly due to Forman's brilliant movie - is the Latin translation of ...

Bruce Dickinson, the legendary singer of Iron Maiden, will release his autobiography on the 19th of October 2017, and surely the fans have already begun to wait for this surprising book. ...

1. Many like to call it by it's most famous nickname, the Big Apple, but in the past the city's name was New Amsterdam. It was later conquered by the English from the Dutch and in 1664 was ...

1. Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of New Zealand, but in the country she is represented by the Governor General. He or she has the duty of ratifying all laws. It was all the way in 1642 ...

1. Do you love anime? Huge not only in Japan but all around the world, this animated phenomenon accounts for more than half of what we mean by "animation entertainment". There are ...

The national flag of South Korea is more complicated and symbolic than you may think. You might think that it is just a circle on white, surrounded by some strange Asian characters, but ...