Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.



Most lipstick contains fish scales.



Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedo-ing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.



Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.



Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.



American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in First Class.



Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.



The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.



There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.



There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.



The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.