- Butterflies taste with sensors on their feet.
- Butterfly eyes are made up of 6,000 lenses and can see ultraviolet light, making it easier to spot flowers.
- Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
- The Sun contains about 99.86% of all the mass in the Solar System.
- Cats have 32 muscles in each ear, allowing them to rotate their ears independently.
- A single bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast roughly 100,000 slices of bread.
- Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is the most distant human-made object, now traveling through interstellar space more than 15 billion miles from Earth.
- A nook is a corner or recess, while a cranny is a narrow crack or opening.
- Chuck Lorre, creator of “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory,” also wrote the theme song for the original 1987 “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” cartoon.
- Mayonnaise is believed to have been invented by a French chef after the capture of Port Mahón in 1756, though its true origin is debated.
Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.
