Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
And Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula".
Cockroaches can live for more that one week without head. They die due to starvation.
Napoleon Bonaparte constructed most of his battle plans in a sandbox.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it. Also The Titanic was the very first ship to use the SOS signal.
.................the Thirty Years War lasted 30 years.. and the Hundred Years War lasted 116 years.( Probably historians have some problems with mathematics ):-))
Most People think that The Canary Islands get their name from the birds canaries. Actually The Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean are named after dogs. Surprised :-)(The latin word for dog is "canis")
