Encyclopedia of Trivia

When Michelangelo was working as an apprentice, a fellow student Pietro Torrigiano took a dislike to his arrogant ways. Torrigiano punched...

 HISTORY In the 16th and early 17th-centuries a pumpkin was called a 'pompon' or 'pompion'. The word 'pumpkin' w...

A pulse (or heartbeat) is a throbbing of blood vessels as blood goes through them. You can feel someone's pulse in anybody's body ...

The pug probably originated in China before 400 BC and was the mascot of many ancient Buddhist monasteries . Ancient Chinese emperors k...

ANATOMY The puffin's scientific name, fratercula, came from the Latin for ‘little brother’ because their plumage resembled monk’s ro...

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico includes the largest, main island and a number of smaller islands, including Mona, Vieques, and Culebra. O...

After Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini is considered the greatest Italian opera composer . He is noted for such enduringly popular works as...