When the Mayflower, which brought the first Pilgrims to America, outlived her usefulness as a ship, she was dismantled and used to build a barn.

One out of every 15 American adults got his or her first job at McDonald's.

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps blood in the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

A snail's teeth are found in its tongue. Called a radula, the long membrane is covered with thousands of tiny teeth.

The country of Sweden has the most phones per capita.