A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. Almonds are members of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwen uakita natahu, a New Zealand hill. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.