The first landing on Mars of an unmanned space probe was on 20th July 1976. Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number 13. Marie Antoinette drank only water. In the New York telephone directory are names such as Mona Lisa Gooseberry and Oscar Asparagus. Some earthworms in Western Australia are 2.1 metres long.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
Over 75 million meteors enter the Earth's atmosphere every day, but most are only the size of pinheads. Until the 17th century, if princes were naughty, they weren't punished, but their 'whipping boy' was. In 1907 a rainfall of 23.03 metres was recorded in the Khasi Hills, Africa. The Australian tiger fish has enough venom in its sac to kill 30 sheep. Henry VIII was a very keen wrestler.