An elephant’s trunk can grow to be about 2 metres long and can weigh up to 140 kg.

Some scientists believe that an elephant’s trunk is made up of 100,000 muscles, but no bones.

“Go.” is the shortest possible sentence in the English Language.

Mark Hamill, the actor who played Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars Trilogy, voices The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a large village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales, situated on the Menai Strait next to the Britannia Bridge and across the strait from Bangor.

This village has the longest place name in Europe and one of the longest place names in the world. The short form of the village’s name is Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, also spelled Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll. It is commonly known as Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll.

Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse in which false information is presented to the victim with the intent of making them doubt their own memory and perception.

The term gaslighting comes from the play Gas Light and its film adaptations. In those works a character uses a variety of tricks, including turning the gas lamps lower than normal, to convince his spouse that she is crazy. Since then it became a colloquial expression which has now also been used in clinical and research literature

Daniel Day-Lewis wanted the role of Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction, but Quentin Tarantino turned him down in favor of John Travolta.

Edward Norton lost 17-20 pounds for his role in Fight Club after having to beef up tremendously for his role as a Neo-Nazi skinhead in American History X.

Norton achieved this form by running, taking vitamins and just ignoring the on-set catering.

Less than 1 percent of all people sentenced to U.S federal prisons fall under the category of white-collar criminals.

52 percent are classified as drug offenders.

A baby born in Japan has the best chances of surviving their first year; fewer than 4 of every 1,000 babies born dies before reaching the age of one.

A baby born in Afghanistan has one of the worst chances; 160 of ever 1,000 babies die within the first year.

The countries with the lowest poverty rates in the world are Taiwan (0.9%), Lithuania (4%), Belgium (4%), and Bulgaria (4%)

Those with the highest poverty rates include Zambia (86%), Gaza (81%), Haiti (80%), and Zimbabwe (80%).