For eggs to be called jumbo, a dozen of them must weigh more than 30 ounces. Extra large eggs must weigh at least 27 ounces, and large eggs must weigh at least 24 ounces per dozen. Other egg sizes include medium (more than 21 ounces), small (18) and peewee (15).

Florida has more billboards than does any other state, with Ohio and Michigan in second and third places. Alaska, Hawaii, Maine and Vermont have no advertising billboards

The Greek gods followed a meal of ambrosia with a drink of nectar, a kind of aromatic wine. But in today's Greece, the beverage marketed as nectar is actually a mix of white wine and Coca-Cola.

Although "maven" is a Yiddish word for "expert," the word is often used sarcastically.

Polar bears crave fatty foods and will kill seal pups in order to consume the pups' brains, a dense source of fat.

The average American takes six months to pay off holiday credit-card bills.

Nationally, one quarter of U.S. inmates are serving time for drug offenses.

What is now known as the Dixie Cup got its start as the Health Kup. The "individual drinking cup" was developed by Hugh Moore between 1908 and 1912.