Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the pain.

The costume of Sesame Street's Big Bird is made of turkey feathers -- dyed yellow, of course.

The British Invasion was the term applied by the news media to the influx of rock and roll, beat and pop performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States from 1964 to 1967. British artists who went to number one during this period were The Beatles, The Animals, The Dave Clark Five, Donovan, Herman's Hermits, The Kinks, ...Read more

Because the natural habitat of flamingoes is of little use to man -- the alkaline African lake waters support few fish and cannot be used for human consumption or irrigation -- and also because their resting areas are typically inaccessible, the birds are rarely disturbed, unlike other African

Olympic (or Amateur) boxing is found at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games. Olympic boxing prizes point scoring rather than physical damage or knockouts. Bouts comprise four rounds of two minutes in Olympic and Commonwealth, and three rounds of two minutes in a national ABA (Amateur Boxing association) bout, each with a one-minute interval...Read more

One peculiar behavior of dachshunds is that they often roll around in odiferous things when they encounter them. This odd habit has been attributed to the dog's hunting instinct. Doing this is the dachshund's attempt to "lose its scent" so that its potential prey cannot smell it.

The famous Russian composer Aleksandr Borodin was also a respected chemistry professor in St. Petersburg.

Traveling at a rate of 2 to 3 miles per hour, camels can carry 500 to 1,000 pounds on their backs. They are able to keep up this pace for 6 or 7 hours a day. Camels will refuse to carry loads that are not properly balanced.

Caviar, or fish eggs, contain the same healthful omega-3 fatty acids as salmon.

Actor John Barrymore became an eccentric animal collector in his later years. His beloved menagerie consisted of 300 different birds, dozens of Siamese cats, and 19 dogs, of which there were 11 greyhounds, several St. Bernards, and a few Kerry blue terriers. Barrymore also had a monkey, a few

With a six-inch wingspan, the cecropia is the largest moth in North America. Its charcoal gray wings are adorned with distinctive "eye spots" and bands of orange and white. The cecropia has feathery antennae and a furry orange-striped body as big as a baby mouse.

Wine experts caution to never serve wine in a glass with a flared lip, which dissipates its aroma. A slight incurving is desirable.

The Battle of New Orleans, which made Andrew Jackson a national hero, was fought two weeks after the War of 1812 had ended and more than a month before the news of the war's end had reached Louisiana.

$1,000,000 in $1 bills would weigh approximately one ton. Placed in a pile it would be 360 feet (110 m) high - as tall as 60 average adults standing on top of each other.

The bards of the Irish royal houses composed countless songs which subsequently became part of the repertoire of the medieval troubadours. By these means, Celtic poetry dating back to the 8th century has survived.

One of the fattiest fishes is salmon: 4 ounces of the delectable fish contains 9 grams of fat.

One of the best known, and probably the most famous Bermuda Triangle incidents concerns the loss of Flight 19, a squadron of five U.S. Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers on a training flight out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida on December 5, 1945. According to Berlitz, the flight consisted of expert naval aviators who, after reporting a number of odd ...Read more

It might -- The predominance of minerals mined in the world that fluoresce come from the United States; most of these are found in New Jersey.

The Mai Tai cocktail was created in 1945 by Victor Bergeron, the genius of rum, also known as Trader Vic. The drink got its name when he served it to two friends from Tahiti, who exclaimed "Maitai roa ae!" In Tahitian, the phrase means out of this world — the best!

The one-foot measurement is based on one-third of the length of the arm of King Henry I (1068-1135) of England.