• If the energy used to wind wristwatches worldwide could be harnessed, it could power a city the size of New York, New York.

• Despite their deadly reputation, more people are infected with rabies annually by birds than either bats or rats.

• The average recoil force from urination is 2 Newtons.

• If all of the mercury from tainted fish were collected worldwide, it would amount to about a cup of the highly toxic material.

• Among the 50 most commonly-carried cable TV stations, ESPN2 is the least watched in every demographic except males 25-34, where it narrowly edges out both Lifetime and Oxygen.