Polar Bear and a Grizzly Bear

In World War II, Germany tried to collapse the British economy by dropping millions of counterfeit bills over London.

In 1923, explorer Roy Chapman Andrews found the first dinosaur nest known to science in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. Before he found the nest, scientists were unsure about how dinosaurs were born.

Newborn piglets recognize their own names and even learn to run to their mothers voices. This is because the mothers sing to their young while they’re still nursing.

Reggae was developed almost by accident in Kingston after rocksteady, which came about after ska. Reggae has been a vessel for musicians, since its invention, to express their political and social opinions. For many years, it has been linked to the Rastafari movement.

The deadliest war since World War II occurred in Africa. The Second Congo War (1998-2003) caused 5.4 million deaths.

There are over 3,500 species of mosquitoes.

A cow can produce 6 gallons of milk a day!

Happier cows really do produce more milk, and simply calling cows by individual names ups production by 3.5%.

Insulin and more than 40 other pharmaceuticals and medicines are derived from pig products.

Jamaica was the first western country to build the railway lines outside Europe and North America, 20 years after the first rail line was constructed in Great Britain.