A 19th-century railway expansion in Egypt resulted in so many unearthed mummies that they were used as fuel for locomotives.

The Greyhound bus line got its start in Hibbing, Minn. The town is even home to a museum, housing 11 retired buses. But there's no longer a Greyhound stop in Hibbing

The idea for best-selling game Trivial Pursuit was hatched by two Canadian reporters, Scott Abbott and Chris Haney, while playing a game of Scrabble on December 15, 1979.

What do Goldie Hawn, Ronald Reagan, Cher, Elizabeth Taylor, Dick Vitale and Walter Matthau have in common? All owe their lives to someone who knew how to use the Heimlich Maneuver.

Baseball statisticians report that more home runs are hit in the fourth inning than in any other inning of a game. The day on which most home runs have been hit, they add, is Sunday.

At the current rate of increase, all Americans will be overweight by 2075.

English statesman Winston Churchill had an anchor tattooed on his arm. His mother, Jennie, had a snake on her right wrist.

When George I became Britain's king in 1714, he didn't speak English. That's because the new king was born and raised in Hanover, Germany.