The I.Q.’s of mentally-handicapped children taking bee pollen have been nearly doubled during documented clinical tests.

People who do not understand pitch and tone by age 11 never will.

Why yes, (human) man can breastfeed. Check it out.

The University of Wyoming opened its doors before Wyoming became a state.

The male cicada is the loudest insect in the world. Their sound can reach 120 decibels. By comparison, a jackhammer breaking concrete is 100-120 decibels.

When Burger King decided to sell fast-food Down Under, they found that there was already a local carry-out restaurant called “Burger King.” As a result, if you’re looking for a Whopper in Australia today, you’ll have to go to a chain called “Hungry Jack’s.”

Al Capone’s business card reportedly said he was a furniture salesman.

When Disneyland opened on July 17, 1955, the 110°F temperatures melted the asphalt on Main Street and caused many high-heeled shoes to become stuck in the pavement.

...which begs the question, who wear high heels to Disneyland?

Maryland is the only state with a state dinosaur. It's the astrodon johnstoni.

Aluminum

An aluminum beer can is under 3 times more pressure than a car tire.

The US produces enough foil each year to cover the state of Maryland.

Aluminum is the most frequently occurring ore but it also one of the hardest to mine and refine.

Brides always wore silver until Queen Victoria shocked the world and wore white when she married Prince Albert in 1840.

Dr. Seuss

If I Ran the Zoo, published in 1950, is the first recorded instance of the word “nerd.”

Bennett Cerf, Dr. Seuss’ editor, bet him that he couldn’t write a book using 50 words or less. The Cat in the Hat was pretty simple, after all, and it used 225 words. Not one to back down from a challenge, Mr. Geisel started writing and came up with Green Eggs and Ham – which uses exactly 50 words. The 50 words, by the way, are: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you.

According to the University of Amsterdam’s “emotion recognition” software, the subject of the Mona Lisa is 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry.

The little plastic bit on the end of your shoelace is called an aglet.