Donald Trump bought a nightclub from a hitman. George Washington lost nearly every battle he was involved in. George Bush used to be a cheerleader. Joe Biden had brain surgery twice in the same year. It's very likely that Thomas Jefferson suffered from Asperger's Syndrome. Obama's first job was selling ice-cream. John Adams' dog was called Satan. Theodore Roosevelt used to Judo sweep people in public if he got bored. John Wilkes Booth's brother saved Abraham Lincoln's son's life. JFK used crutches in private due to his chronic back problems. Richard Nixon used poker winnings to fun his presidential campaign. Jimmy Carter wrote a children's book called The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer. Ronald Reagan nearly appeared in Back to the Future III. Only one president has died from cancer. There was supposed to be a Super Nintendo game about Bill Clinton's cat, Socks.

In California, it's illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license. There's a competition in Delaware where contestants shoot pumpkins out of cannons. Hawaii is considered to be the happiest state. Grand Central Station in Chicago has more radiation than is allowable at a nuclear power plant. Iowa has the highest literacy rate in the country. Kansas means "South Wind." In Connecticut, a pickle isn't a pickle unless it bounces. There was a hurricane in Mississippi that was so powerful, it cut an island in two. Women aren't allowed to dress up as Santa Claus in Minnesota. The largest snowflake ever landed in Montana. There's a museum dedicated to roller skating in Nebraska. It's illegal to kiss someone in Nevada if you have a moustache. Basketball, volleyball, marshmallow fluff and the birth control pill come from Massachusetts. There's a town in Maryland called Chevy Chase. There's a group of blue-skinned people who live in Kentucky.

Jose Ochoa was stabbed to death by a chicken. You can boil and freeze water at the same time. "Abracadabra" means "I create as I speak." Pineapples used to cost $10,000 each. Killer bees are manmade. There have been five attempts in history... to ban history. Volcano surfing is a sport. The oldest human name that we have record of is Kushim. There is a flower that looks like Darth Vader's helmet. Sunspring is the first film written by AI. Five of George Foreman's children are called George Foreman. Nobody knows who created donuts or where or when. Colors can be copyrighted. The three most recognizable smells are coffee, crayon, and peanut butter. When the x-ray was discovered, some people thought it was a hoax. Todd Philips directed Joker, which revolves around a serial-killing clown. Philips' first film was funded by a serial-killing clown

Until 2009, people who donated blood in Ireland received a free pint of Guinness. Many Irish people don't know that Ireland has a king. Ireland use to be called Wolfland. The words "boycott," "slogan," "quiz," "yahoo," and "electron" come from Ireland. During medieval times, a man could divorce his wife if she "made a mess of everything." Happy hours are banned in Irish pubs. Polar bears originate from Ireland. The Celts originated from Austria, not Ireland. Most of the world's Botox comes from one factory in Ireland. Until 2006, it was illegal to act out Harry Potter in Ireland. The submarine, radiotherapy, chocolate milk, the guillotine, and the torpedo were invented in Ireland. The Leprechaun Museum in Dublin is so scary, children aren't allowed to enter.

Ernest Hemingway shot himself in the legs with a machine gun while wrestling a shark. George RR Martin can only type with one finger at a time. Arthur Conan Doyle passionately believed in fairies. Bram Stoker couldn't walk until he was seven. CS Lewis couldn't use a typewriter. Charles Dickens regularly visited the morgue and stared at the dead for hours. Edgar Allen Poe made $9 for writing The Raven. John Milton created more English words than anyone else in history. Lewis Carrol wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to show how stupid mathematics was. Arthur Miller wrote Death of a Salesman in one day. There are two naked women hidden on the front cover of F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby. James Joyce wrote Ulysses in crayon. JRR Tolkien was kidnapped when he was a toddler. JK Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in 1990; seven years before the release of her first book.

Dr. No was supposed to be a monkey. Christian Bale turned down the role of James Bond because he had "already played a serial killer." The actor who plays Goldfinger was a Nazi. There isn't a single American actor in Skyfall. The car flip in Casino Royale was achieved using an air cannon. Anthony Hopkins was cast as the villain of Tomorrow Never Dies. He quit after three days. Although Roger Moore played James Bond in seven films, he has a severe phobia of guns. The villain of Die Another Day is based on Richard Branson. Q's real name is Geoffrey Boothroyd. Quentin Tarantino nearly directed Casino Royale. He would've cast Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman in significant roles. The main villain from Quantum of Solace is based on Tony Blair. Sean Connery wears a wig in every Bond film.

A planet can turn into a star. Mercury has ice. On Venus, it rains metal. Earth isn't round. Mars is the only planet that is solely populated by robots. The volcanoes on Jupiter's moon, Io, erupt its lava into space. Saturn has a hurricane in the shape of a hexagon. Uranus' moons are named after Shakespeare characters. Neptune has a ring like Saturn that we can't see in photographs. The Moon's real name is Luna. The oldest planet, Methuselah, is 12.7 billion years old. The word "planet" is Greek for "wanderer." Asteroids can have moons. A comet's tail is about ten million kilometres long. When a Black Hole tears something apart, it's called spaghettification. The Big Bang Theory's original name was The Primeval Atom. The universe is beige. No, really.

Some of Doctor Doom's dialogue is paraphrased from David Cameron's speeches. Lex Luthor's first name wasn't revealed for 20 years. Doctor Octopus was the first supervillain to unmask Spider-Man. Harley Quinn originated from Batman: The Animated Series, not the comics. Mystique had a son with Sabretooth. Ra's Al Ghul is over 600 years old. Despite what many people believe, Apocalypse is not the first mutant. 20 years after Two-Face debuted, he only appeared five times in the comics. Bullseye killed somebody by throwing a poodle at them. Doomsday has killed millions of Green Lanterns. The Red Skull used to be a bellhop. The Riddler has a mental illness than renders him incapable of lying. Elektra's name was misspelt upon her debut. The Joker was nearly killed after one issue. Ultron used to be called the Crimson Cowl. Zod was a member of the Suicide Squad. Venom was originally called The Alien Costume. The Penguin is sometimes modelled off Donald Trump.

The writers of Captain America were originally criticized for being too harsh on Nazis. Batgirl was created to make Batman "less gay." Of the top ten greatest Marvel comics, five of them are X-Men stories. Shazam was originally more popular than Superman. Black Panther loves Game of Thrones. Wolverine was a Canadian secret agent. His first mission was to kill the Hulk. Keanu Reeves nearly played Plastic Man. The Punisher defeated the Hulk in three seconds. Aquaman's series was the first DC comic to be cancelled. Deadpool believes he is "the Canadian James Bond." Wonder Woman was nearly called Superma. Ant-Man merged with Ultron. Green Arrow has a tuning fork arrow. Hulk originally turned grey, not green. Green Lantern's original weakness was wood. Spider-Man's origin story is based on the Greek myth of Arachne. Superman was originally a bald, telekinetic villain.

The Pyrenean Ibex goat is the only animal to go extinct... twice. Although aardvarks look small, they are slightly smaller than a human. Badgers used to be called "brocks." Milk is more poisonous to a cat than seawater. Dogs don't like being hugged. William Shakespeare invented the word "alligator." Some ants never sleep. Meerkats kill their own kind more than any other animal. The honey badger is the world's most ferocious animal. Tanzania has more lions than any other country. Giraffes can't yawn. You can tell a horse's age by observing its teeth. Orangutans make umbrellas out of leaves. The Western world didn't know pandas existed until 1869. If a scorpion gets drunk, it can sting itself to death. It's nearly impossible to tell the difference between a koala's fingerprints and a human's. Jellyfish can live for over 10,000 years. The Peregrine Falcon can punch its prey while moving at 230mph. This strike is called "The Falcon Punch."