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- Shakespeare invented the words "assasination" and "bump".
- In Ireland, anyone found to be pretending to execute "witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment, or pretend knowledge in any occult or craft" shall receive one year's imprisonment.
- In Australia, children may not purchase cigarettes, but they may smoke them.
- James May, one of the hosts of Top Gear (UK), only bought his house because it came with a garage.
- Thomas Edison, inventor of the electric light bulb, was afraid of the dark.
- Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he didn't wear any pants.
- Yes, that is Gordon Ramsay getting very wet in the Gordon's Gin ad. He has had a commercial partnership with the company since 2007.
- Kite-flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
- Honey does not spoil. Honey found in Egyptian tombs has been proven edible by archaeologists.
- If a month begins on a Sunday, the second Friday will fall on the 13th.
- The risk of being struck by a falling meteorite is once every 9,300 years.
- If the entire population of China were to walk past you in single file, the line would never end, because of the rate of reproduction.
- In the Eddy Grant song, 'Gimme Hope Jo'anna', Jo'anna actually refers to the city of Johannesburg, and the South African apartheid government regime, and not a woman. The song was written in protest against apartheid, and banned in South Africa upon release.
- Luigi's Mansion was originally going to incorporate a time limit. A lost graphic in the game's coding of a glum-looking Luigi leaving the mansion is thought to be the 'Game Over' screen shown when this expired.
- In the Japanese title of Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, キングダム ハーツ バース バイ スリープ (Kingudamu Hātsu Bāsu bai Surīpu), the word for "birth", バース (bāsu), is ironically very similar in appearance (in Romajī) and pronunciation to the Irish word for death (bás).
Inspired by User:Najzere/Quotes.