12 Glistening Bits of Trivia Sparkling at the Bottom of the Riverbed

Turns out Drake violated one very reliable rule: Don't make enemies of people with Pulitzer Prizes.

Stores aren’t even allowed to put trees up in their windows.

The Catholic city-state of Vatican City covers only one-fifth of a square mile.

The Roman mile was simple: the distance of 1,000 paces, or 5000 feet. It was made the wonky total of 5,280 in order to play nicely with acres.

Depending on your fitness, your mileage may vary, but the average number of breaths a human takes per day is 23,040.

A mole is constantly eating, because their high metabolic rate means they can starve to death within a couple hours.

It was cooked up for McDonald’s by advertising executive Bob Bernstein, tested in 1977, and launched nationally in 1979.

That little bit of skeleton you’re snapping is the bird's furcula, or effectively its collarbone.

It’s the Sea of Tranquility, and it’s the name for a portion of the moon's surface

Though he might be less of a household name than Andre Agassi or John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg was a force in tennis, winning Wimbledon for five years in a row from 1975 to 1980.

The inaugural issue of Life was graced with a photo by Margaret Bourke-White, showing the Fort Peck Dam's spillways.

It's known as an interrobang.