12 Fluid Ounces of Trivia That TSA Will Make You Drink at the Security Checkpoint

In the classic movie A Christmas Story, Ralphie's dad is never named.

The name of the Manhattan neighborhood Tribeca comes from its shape and location: Triangle Below Canal Street.

Birds of prey’s nests have their own unique name: an eyrie (sometimes spelled aerie).

The last U.S. president to be born in a log cabin was James A. Garfield.

Most people know fat is where your body stores energy, but not how much it provides. One pound of body fat is roughly 3,500 calories.

Does it make chores more fun to refer to them as “quotidian,” meaning recurring every day? Not really. But it’s accurate!

Selma, California is known as the “raisin capital of the world.” Without them, who knows how many grapes would still be delicious?

The song “Paranoid Android” off of Radiohead’s album OK Computer is a reference to Marvin from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Probably not all that surprisingly, it’s the caesarean section.

From his debut in 1929 to 1946, Mickey Mouse was voiced by Walt Disney himself.

Though nowadays, solid-state drives have taken over thanks to their speed and size, computers were reliant on classic hard disks for much of their history. A device that wouldn’t be possible without IBM’s early version, known as the “Winchester.”

The largest gap between them has its own name as well: the “Cassini Division.”