12 Little Facts That Are Nervous You Won’t Like Them

Given how often they’re lumped in with the octopus, a lot of people seem to think squids have eight tentacles. In fact, they have 10.

The word “bit” as it relates to computers isn’t just a random piece of tech-speak: it's a portmanteau of the words “binary digit.”

Hot Wheels and Matchbox might feel like competitors in the toy car market, but they're both owned by Mattel. Hot Wheels are just fancier, while Matchbox are more accurate representations of real cars.

The silhouette in the NBA logo isn’t just a illustration, but a representation of a specific player: Jerry West.

Though this trivia is probably light work for the famously dedicated Tolkien fandom, those of us with no knowledge of Elvish might not know that the first edition of The Hobbit was illustrated by Tolkien himself.

It definitely wasn’t used as recommended, but the chainsaw that Leatherface wields in the famous film is a Poulan 306A, though it seems to have been customized with parts from a Poulan 245A.

It's also known as “The Forgotten War,” which should make you feel even worse about just remembering it.

If you’re guessing that the brown color of dirty rice comes from the grain, you’re wrong. It's from the addition of chicken liver.

Even knowing it’s kind of their whole thing, you might still be surprised at the sheer distance: 25 feet.

The Hoover Dam produces an incredible amount of power, and three different states rely on it: California, Nevada and Arizona.

Queen bees lay eggs, and they lay a lot of them: 2,000 a day in fact.

If you or someone you know goes on unconscious nighttime journeys, they're a somnambulist.