A Dachshund (a.k.a. a sausage dog) was originally bred to hunt in low, narrow badger burrows. In fact, the term 'Dachshund' translates from German as 'badger dog'!

The name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

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