Every year, more people are killed by vending machines than sharks.

The number 40 is the only number whose letters are in alphabetical order when spelled out in English.

Some people have survived being buried alive.

The Socratic method — learning through questioning — remains a foundation of legal education.

The book still had her name inside it.

The tea bag was invented by accident when Thomas Sullivan sent tea samples in small silk bags and customers brewed tea with them still in the bags.

You are more likely to survive a plane crash than many people assume.

The longest recorded fart is 2 minutes and 42 seconds long.

The inventor of the Rubik's Cube, Ernő Rubik, took a month to solve his own puzzle after inventing it.