Baked beans are an extremely popular dish in Great Britain. The British, according to records, consume twice as much baked beans per capita as do the Americans.

The first wooden shoe comes from the Netherlands. The Netherlands have many seas, so people needed a shoe that kept their feet dry while working outside. The shoes were called klompen and they had been cut of one single piece of wood. Today, the klompen are the favorite souvenir for people who

A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

Canned foods do not last forever. They keep best at temperatures below 70 degrees. As their storage temperature rises, the length of time for storage decreases.

Marketing experts say there is often no relationship between a TV ad's likability and sales. In fact, a company's ability to generate a strong reaction from consumers can increase product awareness. Despite the public's negative reaction to super-hunk Fabio's wooden performance in margarine TV ads in 1996, the company kept him on for a time as a...Read more

Attila the Hun was a dwarf. Pepin the Short, Aesop, Gregory of Tours, Charles III of Naples, and Pasha Hussain were all less than three and a half feet tall.

Satu is a female first name in Finnish meaning "fairy tale," and the best childrens' fairy tales are awarded on October 18th, known as "Satu's Day." The international competition for children ages 7 to 13 has been held since 1993, and its rules are translated into five languages.

Although cruising seems to be a very much "in" vacation, only about 10 percent of Americans have ever taken a cruise.

In Scotland, New Year's Eve is called hogmanay, and is an occasion when young people go about singing and seeking gifts.

During the ancient 12-day Christmas celebration, the log burned was called the "Yule log." Sometimes a piece of the Yule log would be kept to kindle the fire the following winter, to ensure that the good luck carried on from year to year. The Yule log custom was handed down from the Druids.

If all of the water were drained from the body of an anverage 160-pound man, the body would weigh 64 pounds.

Sergio Leone, director of Clint Eastwood's innovative Italian Westerns, turned down offers to direct The Godfather (1972) in favor of developing his dream project, which ultimately became Once Upon a Time in America (1984).

Laughing is aerobic. It provides a workout for the diaphragm and increases the body's ability to use oxygen.

Potatoes were banned in Burgundy in 1910 because it was said, "frequent use caused leprosy."

The ruby, sapphire, emerald, and aquamarine are not specific minerals. The ruby is the red and the sapphire is the blue variety of corundum. An emerald is the green variety and an aquamarine is the blue variety of beryl.

Many children occasionally walk in their sleep. Sleepwalking is ordinarily a phase in the growing-up process. Because parts of the child's brain are immature, dreams can be stimulating enough to cause a youngster to take a nocturnal stroll. About 25 percent of all children have one or more sleepwalking episodes between the ages of 7 and 12, ...Read more

During the American revolution, more inhabitants of the American colonies fought for the British than for the Continental Army.

The human body consists of about 60 trillion cells, and each cell has about 10,000 times as many molecules as the Milky Way has stars.

The Oregon Trail (1840-1860), the route used during the westward migrations of the United States, started in Missouri and ended in Oregon and was about 2,000 miles long.