An adult giraffe's tongue is about 21 inches long and super flexible. (A chameleon's tongue is twice as long as its body, but it doesn't have ear holes!)

Harvard accepts just 5.9% of applicants, but getting into Harvard is a piece of cake compared to getting a job at the Washington D.C. Walmart (2.6%), getting into the Shanghai branch of McDonald's Hamburger University (1%), or becoming a Delta Flight Attendant (less than 1%).

Apparently, most toilets flush in E flat. Want to test it out for yourself? According to one blogger, "The most effective way to hear the E-flat flushing is to blast some bagpipe jigs. The winey, high bagpipe notes make it easier to hear the lower E-flat of the toilet."

Apparently, Cap'n Crunch has been exaggerating his Navy service for decades. He wears just three stripes on his uniform cuffs, which makes him a commander, not a captain.

Scientists have at last uncovered the closest living relative of the mighty T-rex. For the first time, researchers have sequenced proteins from the long-extinct creature, and many of the molecules show a remarkable similarity to those of the humble chicken.

Humans have a total of 46 chromosomes, while potatoes have 48. All hail our potato overlords!

For years memes derisively comparing Chinese President Xi Jinping to the honey-loving bear Winnie the Pooh have circulated on the internet, so Pooh has periodically been banned. The word for "censorship" was banned to prevent dissent (you can't be guilty of a crime if nobody can describe it!) For one weekend in 2018, the country's censors even banned the use of the letter "N" on social media sites, possibly because "N" could be used to refer to the number of terms of office, as in a mathematical equation n > 2.

Legend has it that Italian-American restaurateur Caesar Cardini invented the salad in 1924 in Tijuana, Mexico when a dinner rush depleted the kitchen's supplies.

In August 2012, three-year-old Robert "Bobby" Tufts became mayor of Dorset, Minnesota for a one-year term when his name was drawn from a hat. In 2013, Tufts was elected for a second term. Tufts lost a re-election campaign in 2014 to 16-year-old Eric Mueller. Tufts's three-year-old brother, James, was elected in 2015.

When people of the Victorian era sat down for a photo, they avoided "cheesy grins" and maintained a more dignified expression by saying "prunes".