Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world's freshwater.
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.
Doctors' sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually in the United States.
The Crown Jewels contain the two biggest cut diamonds on Earth.