Did you know that: In one second the Sun gives out 35 million times the average annual electricity supply for all of North America. An English village once had a downpour of frogs. As many as 400,000 bacteria could fit on a pinhead. Peanuts are often used in the manufacture of dynamite. The first functional flush lavatory was discovered in the 4,000-year-old Palace of Knossos in Crete, Greece. It takes nectar from two million flowers to produce one jar of honey. Henry III of France often hung a basket of small dogs from his neck.
This is a collection of the most bizarre and fascinating facts ranging from nature and technology to arts and sports, that prove without doubt that truth really is stranger than fiction.