12 Equal Portions of Trivia Scooped From the Whole

The longest muscle in the human body is the sartorius, which runs from the hip down past the knee.

She could barely walk or talk before her hand was promised to the man she'd marry twelve years later, Prince Arthur.

A redwood tree named Hyperion is the world's tallest tree. The picture above shows what it would look like in the midst of Cologne, Germany.

Or at least, the “thermoscope,” which monitored change in temperature but did not measure it.

Which makes it one of, if not the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world.

It’s called the theremin.

Given their bitter feud, some might not know that at one point, Nikola Tesla was an employee of Thomas Edison, though only for six months.

Though natives had names that predated it, the modern name comes from Ferdinand Magellan who named the ocean in question mar pacifico, meaning peaceful sea in Spanish or Portuguese.

The correct term for a baby eel is an “elver.”

At least, the oldest flag that's still in use today.

We know that for most animals, seawater isn’t a viable form of hydration. Conveniently, given their habitat, many seabirds have natural filtration systems that allows them to drink seawater without issue.

Because of its value, Roman soldiers were occasionally paid in salt, which is the root of the term “salary.”