In the early 19th century, experts on the complete British home agreed that a household of husband and wife with three children and the money to support it should have a staff of 24: housekeeper, cook, lady's-maid, nurse, two housemaids, laundry maid, still-room maid, nursery-maid, kitchen maid, scullion, butler, valet, house-steward, coachman, two grooms, one assistant groom, two footmen, three gardeners and a laborer

The Dr. Kevorkian is a cocktail, served over ice, that contains 1 ounce amaretto, 1 ounce Southern Comfort whiskey, 1 ounce Jack Daniels whiskey, 1 ounce gin, 1 ounce vodka and 8 ounces of orange juice.

A baby koala's first solid meal is often its mother's feces. The droppings contain microbes that help immunize the young koala against disease and that also aid in digestion.

Of the world's 17 leading nations, the United States tops the list for having the largest percentage of its population living in poverty.

The "Tootsie" of Tootsie Rolls was formally known as Clara Hirschfield. Her father, Leo Hirschfield, gave her the nickname Tootsie, the same name he gave to the candy he invented, which entered the American market in 1896.

Brazil has twice as much forest-land as does the U.S. Russia has three times as much.