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'!

Every 238 years, the orbits of Neptune and Pluto change making Neptune at times the farthest planet from the sun.

The first vacuum was so large, it was brought to a house by horses.

AMAZING FACTS