1. The deepest hole ever drilled by man is the Kola Superdeep Borehole, in Russia . It reached a depth of 12,261 meters (about 40,226 feet or 7.62 miles). It was drilled for scientific research and gave up some unexpected discoveries, one of which was a huge deposit of hydrogen - so massive that the mud coming from the hole was boiling with it.

2. Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A : 1%, in Canada : 75%

3. In the Sahara Desert , there is a town named Tidikelt , Algeria , which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years.
Technically though, the driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island .. There has been no rainfall there for two million years.

4. The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is.

5. Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.

6. There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio , everyone is manmade.

7. There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin , Ireland ; more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy ; and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel .

8. Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.

9. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

10. The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet (979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls ..

Sharks poop fish. (Or what's left of them.)

One of the first talking movies was the Jazz Singer (1927) starring Al Jolson -- who in a not so startling moment for the time, sang "Mammy" whilst in black-face. Also, the movie credited for its innovative camera techniques and its narrative achievements is the equally racist Birth of a Nation (1915) -- it was the nation's first blockbuster, I kid you not. And in a rare, non-racist moment, Walt Disney created one of the very first talking cartoon complete with music -- Steamboat Willie(1928). YAY! MOVIE HISTORY!

Vincent VanGogh did, in fact, cut the lower lobe of his ear off, however it was not done for the love of a woman. He cut it off in a panic after a conflict with his friend Gauguin (VanGogh had threatened him with a razor blade in public earlier that day). He wrapped the severed lobe in tissue paper and gave it to a prostitute at a local brothel, instructing her to "keep this object carefully". Not doubt after he left, she threw the damned thing away... not that we know. History books are fuzzy on this detail. I mean, I bet that severed ear would be some kind of sick prized artifact. But who would really like a wrinkly, smelly half ear?