Meteoroids don't become meteorites unless they hit the Earth.

Orange carrots may be the most common, but the vegetable also comes in white, yellow, red, green and purple

All U.S. presidents have had at least one sibling.

Citing "The Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Seuss as one of the most influential anti-arms-race books of the 1980s, experts point out that the rhyming and rhythmic challenge to Ronald Reagan's policies remained for six months on the New York Times Best Sellers list - for adults.

In India, the Batak people believe that garlic has the power to recover lost souls.

Brown University's "Digest of Addiction Theory and Application" reported in 2000 that 10 percent of America's heaviest beer drinkers are responsible for drinking 43 percent of all beer consumed nationally.

Governor Morris, assistant to Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris, suggested in 1782 that the "cent" be the name of America's smallest coin. At the time, Morris recommended that the cent be equal to 1/1440 of a dollar and that the lowest silver coin contain 100 of these units. The suggestion was ignored, but the name was kept.

Women over the age of 60, who smoke, are twice as likely to develop lung cancer as are male smokers of the same age.