Peniaphobia is fear of being poor or fear of having no money.

Thundersnow is a rare phenomenon seen only in the strongest winter storms, such as nor'easters, intense blizzards and bomb cyclones. Lightning occurs less frequently in the winter because there is not as much instability and moisture in the atmosphere as there is in the summer.

The Baroque Trevi Fountain accumulates about 3000 euros every day thanks to the traditional custom to toss coins in it.

The Criminal Court in Thailand has sentenced a woman to 87 years in jail for sharing clips deemed insulting to the monarchy, setting a new record for royal defamation prison terms. Since she confessed during the trial, the court halved the sentence to 43 years and six months.

Extra fat makes your circulatory system work overtime. For each kilo of fat gained, the body has to add around 10 kilometers of new blood vessels!

In China, sunglasses were used in the 12th century or possible earlier. These sunglasses were made out of lenses that were flat panes of smoky quartz.

The rhinoceros horn is a compacted mass of hair that continues to grow throughout the animal's life, just as our own hair and nails grow. The record for the longest horn belonged to the white rhinoceros and was 152 centimeters.

Mosquitoes don’t have true teeth. Still, they have something that acts like teeth that are the sharp saw teeth-like structures present at the edges of maxillae used to cut and support the proboscis during bloodsucking.

When astronauts sleep in space, they sleep in small cabins or in sleeping bags that are attached to the wall or ceiling of the station.

A condition called “False Awakening” occurs when the sleeper believes they are awake when in reality they are still sleeping. False awakenings usually occur during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which is the sleep stage most closely tied to dreaming.

Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s official title was “His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular.”

All gambling in Finland is controlled by the government, and all of the profits go to charity.

Popcorn and snacks are almost half of the profit to cinemas.

Mingi is a traditional practice in southern Ethiopia, where body abnormalities, even chipping or growing the upper tooth before the lower tooth gets a child discarded from the tribe to die in the wilderness.

The Chinese have released the perfect robot — a four-legged bot on wheels from DEEP Robotics moves at insane speed across any terrain.

Ernest Hemingway feeds pigeons in Venice, 1954.

This is Marilyn's last birthday, and was also her last day on the set of Something Must Happen, June 1, 1962.

Man wins lawsuit after parents threw away his "irreplacable" porn collection. They will have to pay their son as much as $75,000 for destroying the porn.

Keeping your cell phone in your front pants pocket meaningfully reduces your testosterone and your sperm quality.

In 2007, the Australian government spent $84 million on an internet porn filter. A 16 year old boy, Tom Wood cracked the filter in less than 40 minutes.