Night IR vision devices were first used in world war II.

Canada declared war on the Empire of Japan on the evening of 7 December 1941, more than 12-hours before the United States did.

The documentary series "World War II in HD" did not cover the landing at Anzio. :down:

They must not have been able to find footage from that action that could be converted to high def. :)

If you were to drive the speed limit, 55 MPH, all the way to the edge of the solar system (7,068,000,000 miles) it would take 14,670 years. If your car had a 20 gallon tank, could go 500 miles on a tank, and gas being about $3.75 (local pricing) it would cost $1,060,200,000.

Popcorn was used by the Raytheon Corporation to test cooking applications for microwave radiation devices. These experiments lead directly to the microwave oven.

There has been only one Thai Formula One driver, Prince Bira, the son of the then King Rama V. He drove a Maserati in the inaugural year of the Formula 1 world championship- 1950.

The BMW M12/13 engine went from 450 to 800 horsepower within 1000 rpm, for some odd reason that power curve was difficult to manage.

Ringo Starr will have his 71st birthday on Thursday.

Kangaroos can’t fart. They convert the small quantity of methane they produce into an energy source which their body reuses.

*Can't get enough of your love baby*:

A cat's purr has the same romance-enhancing frequency as the voice of singer Barry White.

The republic of South Africa has 11 official languages:
Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, (Southern) Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu

Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper.

I should have named this the "SUBSIM Get Smart in 1 easy step" thread :DL

On with the show:

You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.

Anteaters prefer termites to ants.

$34.2 billion value of merchandise sold on eBay in 2004, was equivalent to the GDP of Cuba.