Amazing fact: Longest word in English
The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
Amazing fact: Antarctica
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
Amazing fact: Gondolas
All gondolas in Venice, Italy must be painted black, unless they belong to a high official.
Amazing fact: Locust
A large swarm of locusts can eat 80,000 tons of corn a day.
Amazing fact: Barbers
From the Middle Ages up until the end of the 19th century, barbers performed a number of medical duties including bloodletting, wound treatment, dentistry, minor operations and bone-setting. The barber's striped red pole originated in the Middle Ages, when it was a staff the patient would grip while the barber bled the patient.