If the U.S. cut its military budget by 85% it would still have the largest military budget in the world.

Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women.

The only rank allowed to grow a beard in the British army is the Pioneer Sergeant.

While attending a black tie gala, a partygoer asked President Obama to get them some coffee — they thought he was a waiter.

Queen Victoria had a novelty bustle with a music box that played ‘God Save the Queen’ when she sat down.

Leonardo da Vinci never received a formal education.

Bill Gates designed a traffic control system for Seattle when he was only 15.

George Washington left no direct descendent.

Albert Einstein co-invented a type of refrigerator with no moving parts.

Some television stations would edit out parts of the Popeye cartoons due to offensive, racist portrayals of African-Americans.