To commemorate ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, U.S. playing card manufacturers replaced "staffs" with "hearts" as the fourth suit in the deck. The world soon followed.

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In 1960, a then-unknown Dan Rather auditioned for the voice of cartoon character Dudley Do-Right but was turned down by animator/director Jay Ward.

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When subjected to an electric current of at least 50 volts, a cat's tail always points toward the north.

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If the current trend continues, by the year 2215 midgets will outnumber "normal-sized" people.

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Scientists estimate that sleep lost due to daylight saving time reduces the average lifespan by nearly two full months.

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In the late '90s, Microsoft secretly developed its own version of Linux, but shelved it after quality control researchers deemed it "too stable."

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No NCAA basketball team from a school located in its state's capital has ever won the national championship.

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The African black rhinoceros excretes its own weight in dung every 48 hours.

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The top three names for female babies born in China last year were Huan Yue, Jia Li and -- unlikely as it seems -- Buffy.

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Peter Maas, creator of the character Serpico, got his character's name from an ultra-expensive, highly-prized Malaysian liqueur made from fermented viper venom.