The More You Know

• The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
• Alexander the Great encouraged his men to shave so enemies couldn't grab their beards during battles.
• Your dog knows when someone isn't trustworthy.
• Glitter is so unique it can be used as forensic evidence if matching glitter is found at the crime scene and on the suspect since glitter often goes unnoticed by the suspect.