When two white-faced capuchin monkeys meet, they say hello by sticking their fingers into each other's noses.
Four times more people speak English as a second language than as a native one.
In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.