Facts

This list was too funny, I have to share. If this isn't what a factbook is for, I don't know what is:

The square root of rope is string.
89% of magic tricks are not magic. Technically, they are sorcery.
At some point in their lives 1 in 6 children will be abducted by the Dutch.
According to most advanced algorithms, the world's best name is Craig.
To make a photocopier, simply photocopy a mirror.
In Greek myth, the craftsman Daedalus invented human flight so a group of Minotaurs would stop teasing him about it.
In 1948, at the request of a dying boy, baseball legend Babe Ruth ate seventy-five hot dogs, then died of hot dog poisoning.
William Shakespeare did not exist. His plays were masterminded in 1589 by Francis Bacon, who used a Ouija board to enslave play-writing ghosts.
It is incorrectly noted that Thomas Edison invented 'push-ups' in 1878. Nikolai Tesla had in fact patented the activity three years earlier, under the name 'Tesla-cize'.
The automobile brake was not invented until 1895. Before this, someone had to remain in the car at all times, driving in circles until passengers returned from their errands.
The occupation of court jester was invented accidentally, when a vassal's epilepsy was mistaken for capering.
Before the Wright Brothers invented the airplane, anyone wanting to fly anywhere was required to eat 200 pounds of helium.
Before the invention of scrambled eggs in 1912, the typical breakfast was either whole eggs still in the shell or scrambled rocks.
During the Great Depression, the Tennessee Valley Authority outlawed pet rabbits, forcing many to hot glue-gun long ears onto their pet mice.
Diamonds are made when coal is put under intense pressure. Diamonds put under intense pressure become foam pellets, commonly used today as packing material.