Benjamin Franklin never actually lobbied for the turkey to become the national bird, but he did write that the bald eagle was a fowl of "bad moral character"…

On June 3, 1956, authorities in Santa Cruz, California, put the city in the national spotlight by declaring a complete ban on rock and roll at public gatherings…

Tien Kung Ultra took home the gold medal on April 19 in the Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon in Beijing, CNN reported. Ultra and more than 20 other robots ran alongside…

Skateboards originally came out of surf culture. Initially, the term used for the outdoor activity was "sidewalk surfing."

World War II is known as "the blessed war" to many Icelanders because the country has that conflict to thank for its independence.

On May 31, 1977, the song "God Save the Queen" by the British punk band the Sex Pistols was banned from the radio by the BBC.

On April 13, after a United Airlines flight took off from Denver International Airport, the pilot had to make an emergency landing because of a fire in one of the engines…

"Carrier pigeons" have been used to relay written messages for thousands of years. As early as 3000 B.C, the Egyptians were using pigeons' "homing" skills…

More calls are made on Mother’s Day than any other day of the year. Reportedly there are approximately 122 million calls are made…

On May 23, 1979, rocker Tom Petty declared bankruptcy in an effort to free himself from his contract with Shelter Records.

Here’s a little factoid you may have missed: There are 96 bags of human waste left on the moon from the Apollo space missions.

The practice of wearing large, flattened footwear to disperse the force of a foot hitting the snow, thus keeping one from sinking with every step…

In 2010, a group of 15 monkeys escaped from a Japanese research institute by using trees to catapult themselves over a 17-foot-high electrical fence.

On May 12, 1896, New York City passed America's first anti-spitting law in an effort to combat tuberculosis, imposing fines and even jail time on unruly protesters…

Crush Comics in California’s Castro Valley was burglarized on March 22, CBS News reported. The thief took a display of the store’s most valuable comic books…

On the roof of the nasal cavity (the space behind your nose) is the "olfactory epithelium," which contains millions of receptors that sense odor molecules.

Studies have suggested that gifted people often have bad handwriting because their brains work faster than their hands.

On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premiered in Vienna even as the composer was suffering from severe hearing loss.

Apples float because they are 85% water. The average apple contains 5 seeds. At room temperature, apples ripen 10 times faster than when refrigerated.

Crush Comics in California’s Castro Valley was burglarized on March 22, CBS News reported. The thief took a display of the store’s most valuable comic books…