Muppets creator Jim Henson first created Kermit in 1955 -- as a lizard. He was made from Henson's mother's coat and two halfs of a Ping-Pong ball (no flipper feet or eleven-point collar). He didn't become a frog until 1968.

The average American consumes 1,500 pounds of food each year. 1,000 gallons of water are required to grow and process each pound of that food. This means that in the U.S., in a single year, an average of 1.5 million ...Read More

Swimming a quarter of a mile is roughly equal to running one mile.

During the American Revolution, many brides did not wear white wedding gowns; instead, they wore red as a symbol of rebellion.

The world chicken population is more than double the human population, while the world cattle population outnumbers the population of China.

In 1944, Major Clark Gable's army discharge papers were signed by president-to-be Ronald Reagan, then a captain.