True Blood star Anna Paquin almost lost the role when producers found out she had worked as a Victoria Secrets model.

Cordoba is known as the Carpet Capital of Argentina.

Negara National Park, Malaysia, has the highest density of scorpions in the world.

The word REFEREE is the English word most likely to be spelled incorrectly.

The HP in HP Sauce originally stood for Highly Peppered.

The United Nations recognises "chinese burns" as a form of torture.

Sex and The City is the 2nd most unpopular TV show of all time according to Google.

Ancient chinese herbalism is the commonest source of modern cosmetic industry.

The Aztecs believed that being born during a solar eclipse would allow you to see in the dark.

Scarves became popular after the first publication of Mary Shelly's Dracula.