- The US interstate highway system requires that one mile in every five be straight. These straight sections function as airstrips in times of war and other emergencies.
- The Boston University Bridge is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.
- Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs have only about ten.
- Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
- In every episode of Seinfeld, there is a superman somewhere.
- February 1965 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
- The cruise liner, Queen Elisabeth II, moves only six inches for every gallon of diesel fuel that it burns.
- Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book published in every major Dewey Decimal category.
- Columbia University is the second largest land owner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.
- Cat urine glows under a black light.