12 Cups of Trivia Scooped From the Great River of Knowledge

Next time you’re enjoying some honey, give the bees some credit, given that they have to visit two million flowers to make one pound of honey.

The largest bill ever issued as U.S. currency was the $100,000 bill, which featured Woodrow Wilson.

It’s an old farmer’s tale that cows lying down is a sure sign of rain. Would be very cool — if it was true.

Despite the two words often being used interchangeably here in the U.S., a yam is an entirely different thing than a sweet potato.

The favorite purveyor of expensive metal accessories, Tiffany & Co., is older than you might think: It was founded all the way back in 1837.

Combs were one of the first consumer goods ever to be made out of plastic, which was originally intended to be a substitute for ivory.

Dennis Wilson, the drummer of the Beach Boys, was the only member who actually surfed.

The book The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, published in 1868, is considered the godfather of the modern detective novel.

Al-Azhar University was founded in Cairo, Egypt all the way back in the year 970 AD.

Florence Harding was the first future First Lady who was able to vote for her husband, Warren G. Harding.

The modern word “pandemonium” comes from John Milton’s Paradise Lost, where it's the name of the capital city of Hell.

On the North Pole, at least as far as sunlight is concerned, a year and a day are the same thing. The sun only rises once a year at the Spring Equinox, and sets only once on the Fall Equinox.