During World War 2, a bear named Wotjek joined the Polish army. He carried ammunition and occasionally drank beer.
27,000 tress are cut down every day to become toilet paper.
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.
The first breakfast cereal had to be soaked overnight before it could be eaten.