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In 2015, the e-learning market was worth US$166.5 billion.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Theodore Roosevelt was the first U.S. President to fly on an airplane. He described it as "the bulliest experience" he ever had.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Ellen DeGeneres' famous Oscar selfie was retweeted 3.3 million times.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A Dutch auction is the opposite of a traditional auction: the auctioneer begins with a high asking price, which is lowered until the first person decides to buy it.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2002, Microsoft had to rename the "Critical Update Notification Tool" in order to avoid the unfortunate acronym, "CUNT".♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Nobel prize winners in science are 22 times likelier than their peers to have performed as dancers, actors, or magicians.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Steve Jobs was infamous for parking his Mercedes in handicap parking spots.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A 2013 study found that men who prefer large breasts are less financially secure.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Osama Bin Laden was scammed out of US$1.5 million while trying to buy weapons-grade uranium.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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1 in 12,000 hedgehogs is born albino due to a mutation in its genes.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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An Egyptian pilot deliberately crashed his plane in 1999 as an act of revenge, killing 217 people on board.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Spain changed many of its street names from those of male fascists to those of influential women.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Denver voters passed in 2016 a proposition allowing people to consume marijuana in public spaces that get the OK from neighbors.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In February 2006, the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet" was quietly removed from NASA's official mission statement.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Eating pasta that has been cooked, cooled, and then reheated is significantly healthier than eating it freshly cooked because it turns into “resistant starch,” reducing blood glucose levels by half.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Stephen Hawking doesn't believe we will survive another 1,000 years without escaping "beyond our fragile planet."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Domino's Pizza co-founder traded his shares for a Volkswagen.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Hot dogs were of the first food eaten on the moon. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. ate hot dogs on their 1969 journey.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Many cinemas in Denmark show Danish subtitles on Danish films, because of difficulties understanding different dialects.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Some tarantulas will keep frogs as "pets" to protect their eggs from insects.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Tommy Tucker was a squirrel who became a celebrity in the U.S., touring the country wearing women's fashions while performing tricks and selling war bonds during WW2.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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An estimated 1.2 million dogs are euthanized in shelters every year.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In the 1830s, Ohio and Michigan almost went to war over an eight-mile-wide strip of land.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A fake U.S. Embassy operated in Ghana for about a decade, issuing false visas and other documents until it was discovered in 2016.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Louis Chevrolet, the founder of Chevrolet, died bankrupt and poor working as a mechanic for the company he started.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The term "sniper" comes from how hard it is to shoot the snipe bird.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Wyoming granted women's suffrage 50 years before the 19th amendment, and refused to join the Union without maintaining their women's right to vote.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Researchers have found that optimism is a teachable skill and that you can be the one to teach yourself.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2013, a British man died after downing more than US$54,000 worth of pure liquid meth from a bottle he thought contained fruit juice.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Britney Spears is controlled by a court-approved conservatorship since 2008, meaning she has no control over her finances or her personal life.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
