The kind of wide lace collar worn in Elizabethan times is called a piccadill.

In the 1950s, Jello came in various savory flavors such as celery, mixed vegetable, and seasoned tomato, besides the usual fruit flavors.

The Pitcairn Islands are the least populated jurisdiction in the world – there are 48 people living there. Their major exports are honey and postage stamps.

The use of the terms ‘left’ and ‘right’ to indicate political stance comes from France, around the time of the revolution. Members of the Third Estate (peasants, working people, etc.) sat to the left of the president, and members of the Second Estate (nobility) sat to the right of the president.

The longest tapestry in the world is the surviving 100 meters of a tapestry that was originally 140 meters long. It was woven in the late 12th century, and depicts scenes from the Book of Revelation.

The story of the Great Chicago Fire being started by a cow kicking over a lantern was invented by Michael Ahern, a journalist for the newspaper Chcago Republican, because he thought it sounded good.

Isaac Asimov did not have a book in every major Dewey Decimal category – he missed the 100’s, Philosophy.

White carrots are white due to a recessive gene for Vitamin E.

The first Doctor Who episode aired the day after Kennedy was assassinated.

Julius Caeser’s family claimed to be descended fromthe goddess Venus.