Trivia, The More You Know

Most Lipstick Contains Fish Scales

It turns out, the stuff that makes fish scales flash also makes one's lips shiny. Most pearl essence comes from commercially fished herring. Synthetic versions are available, but they are not widely used.

You're more likely to become President than you are to win the lottery.
When Boris Yeltsin met President Clinton in 1995, his first question was "Do you think O.J. did it?"
The television was invented only two years after the invention of sliced bread.
More people are bitten each year by New Yorkers than by sharks.