Early maps show that there were originally 5 cardinal points of the compass. North, south, east, west and funt. The usage of funt was officially dropped in 1368 as it was viewed as "silly, and possibly evil".
A peculiar, unrepealed, law in England allows anyone with the name Conrad to slap a member of the House of Lords on 13th July between the hours of 7am and 2pm. The Lord / Lady being slapped must furnish the slapper with a bowl of soup.
Archaeology shows that the further down you dig, the futher back in time you go. It's predicted that by the year 3000 CE your home will be under 600m of soil.
Prior to writing his most well known works, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote 12 books about Bottom and Top Earth. Sadly, they were all lost in a fire at his family home.
Although Albert Einstein is most well know for his theories on relativity, his first scientific break through was proving that a bird in the hand is not worth two in the bush.
The Whispering Gallery at St. Paul's Cathedral in London is so effective at bouncing sound around that scientists, with finely tuned audio equipment, can still hear conversations from the 18th century.