1. POISON IS THE REASON WHY WHY FOILS SEALS ON MEDICINE BOTTLES EXIST.

After a spate of poisonings in 1982, in which seven persons in the Chicago region died after eating Tylenol laced with potassium cyanide, those unpleasant foil seals on the top of medication bottles were implemented.

2. THE WORLD'S MOST SUCCESSFUL PIRATE WAS A WOMAN 
The 19th-century Chinese pirate Ching Shih, a former sex worker and widow of fearsome pirate Cheng I, became a hugely successful pirate in her own right, succeeding her husband and eventually commanding more than 1,800 pirate ships and 80,000 men (the secrets she'd learned about her powerful clients at the brothel also came in handy).

3. CAP 'N' CRUNCH'S FULL NAME IS HORATIO MAGELLAN
And his ship is called the S.S. Guppy. Being named after the famous explorer Ferdinand Magellan isn't the only little-known fact about the cereal celeb. Other fun trivia about the captain includes that he comes from a far-off island known as Crunch Island, where he has his own monument called Mount Crunchmore. Horatio's biggest secret is that he's not really a captain. Just look at his uniform, and you'll see he actually wears the stripes of a commander.

4. THE FIRST WRITTEN USE OF "OMG" WAS IN 1917 LETTER TO WINSTON CHURCHILL.
The days were dark during World War I when Europe was at war and world powers like Britain were mobilizing their forces. One celebrated British admiral of the Royal Navy had retired by 1917 when he wrote to Winston Churchill to share his take on the headlines of the day, some of which were so exciting, he wrote, "O.M.G. (Oh! My! God!)." How could he have known that the acronym he invented would go on to become one of the most-used phrases in the world?

5. THE WORLD SMALLEST REPTILE WAS REPORTED IN 2021
Those who think everything on the planet has already been discovered might just not be looking close enough. A tiny chameleon discovered in northern Madagascar and measuring just 28.9 millimeters is believed to be the smallest reptile on Earth. The itty bitty chameleon was recently discovered and reported in the January 2021 issue of Scientific Reports.