The natural diet of lady beetles consists of soft-bodied insects, such as aphids, spider mites, and young caterpillars. Adults can consume up to 100 aphids a day.

Ducks will lay eggs only in the early morning.

One reason for carving anything on an outhouse door was to let in a little light and air. Actually, the moon was not the only symbol used. Because many people in the days of outhouses couldn't read, symbols were used to differentiate outhouses for men from outhouses for women. The moon, a typically female symbol, identified outhouses for women. ...Read more

There actually isn't a single type of fish known as the sardine. So technically you can't go fishing for sardines. "Sardine" is a nickname or generic term for any kind of small, saltwater fish that comes packaged in a flat can. There are more than twenty different small fish sold as sardines - everything from small herring to pilchards and ...Read more

In the pilot episode of the American televison show The Partridge Family, the group of musical siblings convinces their mother to help them out by singing with them as they record a pop song in their garage. Through the efforts of the 10-year-old son Danny, they find a manager who helps make the song a Top-40 hit. After some more convincing, Mom...Read more

Doorbusters might be better called door-imposters. Many products promoted at deep discounts on Black Friday are “derivative products” — items that look like and are named the same as the standard model, but are actually made with cheaper components and may not have the same features. Consumer Reports highlighted derivative electronics and ...Read more

Kennedy served his home state of Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress during 1947-60, as both a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. In 1956 he entered the presidential ring when he nearly gained the Democratic nomination for Vice President. Only four years later he was a first-ballot nominee for President. He won by a ...Read more

Queen Elizabeth I of England, using a diamond, scratched the following message on her prison window: "Much suspected of me, Nothing proved can be."

In 1954, RKO Pictures Corporation stockholders approved the $23.5 million sale of the company to multi-millionaire Howard Hughes. He became the first individual ever to be the sole owner of a major motion-picture company.

The 4,200-meter-high summit of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano, on the island of Hawaii hosts the world’s largest astronomical observatory, with telescopes operated by astronomers from eleven countries. The combined power of Mauna Kea's telescopes is fifteen times greater than that of the Palomar telescope in California -- for many years, the ...Read more

Lies are usually manifested by these signs: a sudden increase in the number of "ums" and "ahs," being overly defensive, and no eye contact. Since lying is stressful, they will try to be sarcastic, turning their body away from you, talking fast, making statements that contradict each other, unusual body language or a hand reaching to cover the ...Read more

Badminton was once known as battledore and shuttlecock. The game as we know it today took its name from Badminton House in Gloucestershire, England - home of the Duke of Beaufort.

The amethyst gets its name from the Greek amethystos, which means "remedy for drunkeness."

The theory referred to as `Buridan`s Ass` states that an ass, faced with two equally attractive bales of hay, will starve to death because he has no rational basis for choosing between them. This allegory which illustrates the dilemma of a particular kind of moral choice between two evidently identical items, was presented by French philosopher ...Read more

Each year, more than 300,000 American teenagers become afflicted with some form of venereal disease.

Joe Namath, one-time New York Jets quarterback, donated pantyhose to Planet Hollywood. He wore the pantyhose on the football playing field on chilly days.

It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound

Temperature variations on Mercury are the most extreme in the solar system, ranging from 90 K to 700 K.

One hundred years ago, visitors to Cave of the Winds in Colorado carried candles and lanterns along ghostly, dark halls that seemed to have no end. Today, cave enthusiasts can spend an hour or more with an authentically dressed 1800s guide, viewing truly spectacular rooms in the cave, using only the illumination from hand-held lanterns. One of ...Read more

The diameter of the wire in a standard paper clip is 1 millimeter - or about 0.04 inch.