The More You Know

Happy Valentine's Day! Here's a fact: February 14th is the second largest card giving day of the year, just after Christmas.

Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men is used by researchers to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness. #TMYK

Billy goats urinate on their own heads to smell more attractive to females. #TMYK

In Poole, ‘Pound World’ went out of business because of a store across the road called ’99p Stores’, which was selling the same products but for just 1 pence cheaper!

In 2010 Japan’s government decided to check up on many of the more-aged members of its community. What it found, however, was that many of Japan’s older citizens had died, and that their children had hid their deaths in order to carry on cashing their numerous pension checks!

Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix after racking up a $40 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13. #TMYK

There's a basketball court above the Supreme Court. It's known as the Highest Court in the Land. #TMYK

In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees. #TMYK

Apple was the first to make a digital color camera. #TMYK

The MMORPG Eve Online hosted the world’s largest ever online battle in space on the 28th July 2013. It lasted over five hours and was fought between four-thousand players!

It is predicted that the reason why night insects, such as moths, are attracted to lights is because they mistake them for the light of the moon, which they used to navigate the Earth before mankind made artificial lights.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima for work when the first A-bomb hit, made it home to Nagasaki for the second, and lived to be 93. #TMYK

During the First World War, so many starving wolves had amassed together in a great pack that opposing German and Russian forces formed a temporary alliance in order to fight them off!

According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, the most commonly stolen vehicle in 2012 was the 1994 Honda Accord. #TMYK

A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate! #TMYK

If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground it can’t hop. #TMYK

Marco Hort has the world record for fitting 264 straws in his mouth at once! #TMYK

In 1895 Hampshire police handed out the first ever speeding ticket, fining a man for doing 6mph! #TMYK

Artist Salvador Dali would often get out of paying for drinks and meals by drawing on the cheques, making them priceless works of art and therefore un-cashable.

Redondo Beach, CA adopted the Goodyear Blimp as the city's official bird in 1983. #TMYK

A British man changed his name to Tim Pppppppppprice to make it harder for telemarketers to pronounce. #TMYK