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.