In Shakespear's time, mattresses where secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "Goodnight, sleep tight".

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers get unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts"! That is where we got the phrase "Mind your P's and Q's"

Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. Which inspired the phrase "Wet your whistle".

There are more chickens in the world than people.

Elephants raise their trunks when they sense danger.

A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.

Dragonflys only live one day.

A snail can sleep for up to 3 years, opposed to ants who never sleep.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

Cats have 32 muscles in each ear.

Crocodiles can't stick out their tongues.

Sharks are the only fish that can blink both eyes.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Amathophobia
-Fear of dust

Amaxophobia
-Fear of riding in a car

Anuptaphobia
-Fear of remaining single

Autophobia
-Fear of oneself

Blennophobia
-Fear of slime

Bolshephobia
-Fear of Bolshevism

Cathisophobia
-Fear of sitting

Chaetophobia
-Fear of hair

Cherophobia
-Fear of gaiety

Ecophobia
-Fear of home

Hedonophobia
-Fear of pleasure

Hypengyophobia
-Fear of responsibility

Kinesophobia
-Fear of movement

Laliophobia
-Fear of speaking

Lilapsophobia
-Fear of tornadoes

Linonophobia
-Fear of string

Macrophobia
-Fear of long waits

Megalophobia
-Fear of large things

Melissophobia
-Fear of bees

Metrophobia
-Fear of poetry

Nebulaphobia
-Fear of fog

Papaphobia
-Fear of the Pope

Philophobia
-Fear of falling in love

Placeophobia
-Fear of tombstones

Pogonophobia
-Fear of beards

Poloticophobia
-Fear of politicians

Pteronophobia
-Fear of being tickled by feathers

Rhytiphobia
-Fear of getting wrinkles

Septophobia
-Fear of decaying matter

Soceraphobia
-Fear of parents-in-law

Sophophobia
-Fear of learning

Stasibasiphobia
-Fear of standing

Stygiophobia
-Fear of Hell

Tapinophobia
-Fear of small things

Technophobia
-Fear of arts and crafts

Triskadekaphobia
-Fear of 13

Uranophobia
-Fear of Heaven

Verbophobia
-Fear of words

Xylophobia
-Fear of wooden things

Pantophobia
-Fear of everything

Phobophobia
-Fear of fear itself