I Didn't Know Zat! # 18

1. Officially, there's no dinosaur species called brontosauraus.

2. Employees at Baskin Robbins are allowed to eat as much ice cream as they like, free.

3. In Britain in the 1950s, pizza was known as "Italian Welsh Rarebit."

4. Newton referred to differential calculus as fluxions.

5. Six of the 10 fastest elevators in the world are located in Asia.

I Didn't Know Zat! # 17

1. Kabir Khan, a former Pakistan Cricket player has coached both the Afghan and the UAE Cricket Teams.

2. The Interrobang, a non-standard punctuation mark, is used to convey surprised rhetorical questions using a single mark, in place of the Question and Exclamation mark.

3. The name of the automaker 'Volvo' derives from the Latin for "I roll"!

4. In tradition, Jesus Christ was executed by the Romans along with Dismas and Gestas.

5. Edwin Aldrin, the second man on the moon, legally changed his name to Buzz Aldrin as his sister mispronounced the word Brother as 'Buzzer' in his childhood.

I Didn't Know Zat! # 16

1. The Gregorian Calendar, the calendar which we follow, was adopted on 15th October 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII.

2. André-Jacques Garnerin was the inventor of the first frameless parachute.

3. The first known patent in the world was granted in 1521 to Filippo Brunelleshci.

4. The logo of "Discovery Science" or "The Science Channel" features the element Scandium which is used to double up as the name of the Channel.

5. Louis Braille was inspired to invent his Braille Script by a night writing invention of a former French Army captain.

I Didn't Know Zat! # 15

1. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

2. The average person laughs 13 times a day.

3. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

4. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.

5. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.

I Didn't Know Zat! # 14

1. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

2. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink.

3. Dalmatians are born without spots.

4. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

5. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.

I Didn't Know Zat! # 13

1. The first organ to be successfully transplanted in humans is the kidney.

2. MAD Magazine named PacMan "Man of the Year" in September 1982 and to date it is one of very few MAD covers that does not feature Alfred E. Neuman.

3. Christmas was made illegal in Massachusetts in 1659 - and remained so for 22 years.

4. Alaska accounts for about one fifth of all land in continental USA and is also more than twice the size of Texas which is the second largest state.

5. Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.

I Didn't Know Zat! # 12

1. Stephen Hawking's latest book is titled "The Grand Design."

2. The Chief Guest at this year's Republic Day in India was Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

3. In poker, the Nut hand is a term for an unbeatable hand of cards.

4. Tanks were originally intended to be named Landships, but the secret cover name stuck instead.

5. John Lennon was the first person to be featured on the cover of Rolling Stones magazine.

I Didn't Know Zat! # 11

1. The peace symbol was originally designed as an emblem of the British anti-nuclear movement.

2. Columbus never set foot on the North American mainland.

3. Hylozoism is the belief that all matter has life.

4. Las Vegas calls itself the 'Wedding capital of the World.'

5. The Hypocenter is the point inside the Earth's crust where an earthquake originates. The epicenter is the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the Hypocenter.

I Didn't Know Zat! # 10

1. 'Yoda' was based on Albert Einstein.

2. In Nepal, Gurkhas are referred to as 'lahures', after the city of Lahore where Gurkhas regiments served.

3. Benito Mussolini was knighted in 1923 but it was withdrawn in 1940.

4. Quarter-finalists at Wimbledon get free tea at the tournament for life.

5. The very first version of Microsoft Office was released in 1989, not for Windows, but for the Apple Mac.