The Ultimate Office Pranks to Keep You Laughing Through That 9-5

The More You Know

• The shortest scientific –ology word is "oology."
• War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
• In 1567, the man said to have the longest beard in the world died after he tripped over his beard running away from a fire.
• A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.