Republican presidential candidate John McCain graduated from the Naval Academy in 1958 and became a naval aviator, flying attack aircraft from carriers. During the Vietnam War in 1967, he narrowly escaped death in the ...Read More

Unlike most fish, electric eels cannot get enough oxygen from water. Approximately every five minutes, they must surface to breathe, or they will drown. Unlike most fish, they can swim both backwards and forwards.

The "Top Ten Preppiest Student Bodies" according to the 2006 edition of the Insider's Guide to Colleges published by Yale Daily News: Babson College, Colgate University, Middlebury College, Princeton University, Rollins ...Read More

According to the National Safety Council, coffee is not successful at sobering up a drunk person, and in many cases it may actually increase the adverse effects of alcohol.

The average person's hand flexes its finger joints 25 million times during a lifetime.

Sources show that the original tale of Merlin, otherwise known as Myrddin, started in the 6th century. He was a military commander who witnessed four of his brother's being killed in battle and went mad with grief. Insane ...Read More