An Unsuspecting Diver Accidentally Discovered Something Lurking at the Bottom of the Ocean

The More You Know

• Researchers have found that swearing when in pain may release pain-killing endorphins.
• The United States defense budget of $698 billion is more than the next seventeen nations combined.
• The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
• A single lightning bolt has enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.