Astronaut John Glenn ate the first meal in space when he ate pureed applesauce squeezed from a tube aboard Friendship 7 in 1962.

During the 1940s, Alex Jordan discovered a 60-foot chimney of rock in the pristine Wyoming Valley. He built a weekend retreat house on the sandstone formation called Deer Shelter Rock. Word about his natural discovery spread, and people came in droves to see his architectural wonder. Jordan was surprised and overwhelmed by the constant public ...Read more

The Popsicle was invented by 11-year-old Frank Epperson in 1905. He left a container of soda and a stirrer outside overnight, and in the morning discovered them frozen together.

While some sharks lay eggs, blue sharks give birth to live pups, as do about two-thirds of all sharks, estimated at nearly 350 species.

Camels instinctively know their own endurance and will refuse to move beyond it. If their masters try to drive them farther, they will lie down and refuse to budge.

Results of a survey show that 76 percent of women make their bed every day, compared to 46 percent of men.

The pinball machine was one of the few successful industries that grew out of the Depression in the United States. The early models typically charged 5 cents for 10 balls, did not have side flippers, and the player had to add up his own score. Because it offered inexpensive and interactive entertainment value, the pinball machine remained ...Read more

Theodore Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to ride in an automobile.

There are three sets of letters on the standard typewriter and computer keyboards which are in alphabetical order, reading left to right. They are f-g-h, j-k-l, and o-p.

The thumb is such a major player in the human body that it has a special section, separate from the area that controls the fingers, reserved for it in the brain.

Absolutely -- Withdrawal symptoms may appear within 12 to 24 hours after discontinuation of caffeine intake, peak at roughly 48 hours, and usually last from one to five days. Symptoms include headache and/or nausea, feelings of fatigue and drowsiness, anxiety, irritability, inability to concentrate, and diminished motivation to initiate or to ...Read more

Distinct bands of rainy weather and clouds can form up to 240 miles ahead of a warm front. These bands are parallel to the front, and are often about 125 miles long and 30 miles wide.

The leaf-cutter ant sometimes makes anthills 16 feet deep and up to an acre wide.

Cars produce about four times their own weight in carbon dioxide each year. The average home produces 50 tons of carbon dioxide each year.

The female king crab incubates as many as 400,000 young for 11 months in a brood pouch under her abdomen.

In feudal Japan, the Imperial Army had special soldiers whose only duty was to count the number of severed enemy heads after each battle.

After the war he became a Democratic Congressman from Boston and entered the Senate in 1953. Later that same year he married his wife, Jacqueline Bouvier. Two years later, while recuperating from a back operation he wrote the book, "Profiles in Courage" which won him a Pulitzer Prize. The book describes acts of bravery and integrity by eight ...Read more

The first macaroni factory in the United States was established in 1848. It was started by Antoine Zegera in Brooklyn, New York.

The last person to be guillotined in France, Hamida Djandoubi, was executed in 1977.

During World War II, the U.S. Navy's world champion chess player, Reuben Fine, calculated, on the basis of positional probability, where enemy submarines might surface.