The name Wendy was first used in the book, Peter Pan.
The yo-yo was first used as a weapon.
The average adult speaks about 4,800 words per day
The most commonly used letters in the English alphabet are R, S, T, L, N and E.
The deadliest disease on record was the Black Death of 1347. It had death rate of 100%.
The longest bout of hiccups lasted 69 years.
Skunks can only shoot their foul-smelling spray about two yards, but you can smell it up to two and a half miles away.
The blue whale is the largest animal in the world and weighs 125 tonnes.