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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.
Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.