The world's smallest winged insect is the Tanzanian parasitic wasp. It's smaller than the eye of a housefly.

On April 4, 1974, John Massis of Belgium pulled two New York Long Island railroad passenger cars totaling 80 tons with a thick rope, with a small bit attached, using only his teeth.

In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word.

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