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In 2014, Cards Against Humanity (a popular party game based in Chicago) bought an island in Maine to preserve wildlife. It is called Hawaii 2 and sold for $190,00. Hawaii 2 (a/k/a/ Birch Island) consists of six acres of land in St. George Lake, Maine, USA.

When the English astronomer William Herschel first discovered the seventh planet from the sun in 1781, he named it the Georgium Sidus (the Georgian Planet) in honor of King George III. It was given the name Uranus the following year, in honor of the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus.

The pizzly bear is the offspring of a polar bear and a grizzly bear, and they share characteristics of both bears while at the same time being different from both parents. The pizzly bear's body size is larger than a grizzly bear but smaller than a polar bear. The shape of the head is different from both parents as well.

TYROMANCY IS THE PRACTICE OF PREDICTING THE FUTURE WITH CHEESE. IN THE MIDDLE AGES, THE SHAPE, NUMBER OF HOLES, THE PATTERN OF THE MOLD, AND OTHER FEATURES WERE USED TO PREDICT RAIN, LOVE, MONEY, OR EVEN DEATH. YOUNG MAIDENS IN COUNTRYSIDE VILLAGES WOULD DIVINE THE NAMES OF THEIR FUTURE HUSBANDS BY WRITING THE NAMES OF ALL PROSPECTIVE SUITORS ON SEPARATE PIECES OF CHEESE. THE ONE WHOSE NAME WAS ON THE PIECE OF CHEESE THAT GREW MOLD FIRST WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE IDEAL LOVE MATE. (THIS ALSO WORKED JUST AS WELL FOR THE OPPOSITE SEX.)

The town of Stoughton, Wisconsin, hosts an annual Coffee Break Festival with coffee tastings, "brew-offs," and bean-spitting contests. According to city officials, the coffee break was "born" in the city in the late 1800s, as women working at the local Gunderson Tobacco Warehouse began the ritual of pausing during the workday to brew some coffee and have a chat.

Hershey’s Kisses got its name from the machine that makes them, which makes kissing sounds and appears to “kiss” the conveyor belt onto which the chocolate is dispensed.

There are 26 bones in each foot. That's 52 bones in both feet, out of a total of 206 bones in your whole body—which is more than 25 percent. (There are 27 bones in each hand and fist—a total of 54. So, more than half of a human’s bones are in his/her hands and feet!

Clouds are not as light and fluffy as they appear. In fact, researchers have found that a single cloud weighs about 1.1 million pounds. How do they know? Well, that number is calculated by taking the water density of a cloud and multiplying it by its volume. Fortunately, the cloud can still "float" at that weight because the air below it is even heavier.

A 'nurdle' is toothpaste-length squirt of toothpaste, (often shaped like a wave).

Sneezing while driving can be hazardous to your health. If you sneeze while traveling at 60 mph, your eyes are closed for an average of 88 feet. Since your eyes automatically close when you sneeze, it means that on average you will lose control of your vehicle for several seconds. (Also interesting: People don’t sneeze in their sleep due to their brain shutting down the reflex.)

Magpies are widely considered to be intelligent creatures. (The Eurasian magpie, specifically, is thought to rank among the world's smartest creatures and is one of the few non-mammal species able to recognize itself in a mirror test. They are generally found in temperate regions of Europe, Asia, and western North America, with populations also present in Tibet and high-elevation areas of Kashmir. The birds called magpies in Australia are, however, not related to the magpies in the rest of the world.

My blond girlfriend told me, "I was worried that my mechanic might try to rip me off, but I was so relieved when he told me all I needed was blinker fluid."

It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.