The hyoid bone, in your throat, is the only bone in the body not attached to another bone. The only person ever to decline a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was Sinclair Lewis for his book Arrowsmith. Dracula is the most popular character ever done in movies. He's been done in one form or another over 130 times. Fireflies and other luminescent animals glow because of an oxidizing enzyme called Luciferin.
Trick candles work because the inside of the wick is coated in magnesium.
When you blow the surface flame out, the magnesium inside the wick continues to burn, and then eventually re-lights the outside. Jack and Jill were a real-life unwed couple who lived in Kilmersdon, England in the 15th century. And, yes, Jack actually fell down a hill trying to fetch a pail of water. Chef Boyardee, was really Italian chef Hector Boiardi, who perfected a recipe for spaghetti and meatballs back in 1929. A new survey by Nickelodeon and the polling firm of Yankelovich Partners reveals that 62 percent of kids age 9 to 17 consider themselves smarter than other kids.