learn something new every day

Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.

The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.

The metal band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil is called a Ferrule.

To prevent drowning, sailors once put a tattoo of pig on one leg, and a rooster on the other which signified “Pig on the knee, safety at sea. A cock on the right, never lose a fight.”

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy.

In Switzerland it is illegal to flush the toilet after 10pm.

Starfish don’t have brains.

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

The names of the three wise monkeys are: Mizaru (See no evil) Mikazaru (Hear no evil) and Mazaru(Speak no evil)