Winking at women, even to express friendship, is considered bad manners in Australia.

Glamorous sex kitten during the 1950s, starring in movies such as Trapeze and Solomon and Sheba, Gina Lollobridgida retired from films in the 1970s to become a professional photographer.

Lassie is the favorite movie dog of animal experts, beating out Benji and Beethoven, according to a survey of Humane Society directors conducted by stuffed animal manufacturer Dakin, Inc.

Eleven chinchillas were brought from the Andes Mountains in South America in the 1930's. All chinchillas presently in North America are descended from these eleven chinchillas.

The Pringles saddle shape chip surface was modeled after, and can be described mathematically by, a hyperbolic paraboloid, which is a form of quadric. This shape is distinctive in that it is curved at all points along its ...Read More

Disposable diapers in the United States make up enough trash to fill a barge half a city block long, every six hours, every day.