1. Cats are less likely to be injured if they fall from a higher height; rather it helps them to relax their body

2. Taiwo Lawal, a Nigerian female, is not just the first blind professional photograher in Africa; she also makes amazing beads and bags for sale

3. Ramonda Serbica is a kind of plant that miraculously comes to life when watered within some minutes, even if it's completely dried

4. The words 'madam', 'deed', 'kayak', 'level' and 'nurses run' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left, thus are called palindromes

5. It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood

6. No matter how cold it gets, petrol will not freeze

Sources: http://www.straightdope.com, http://www.reddit.com, http://www.askville.amazon.com, http://www.wikipedia.com