1. Cleopatra was not actually Egyptian. She was the last pharaoh of Egypt . . . but ethnically, she was a Macedonian Greek believed to have descended from one of Alexander the Great’s generals.
2. The Energizer Bunny ad campaign was famous, but it didn’t help sales . . . in fact, Energizer’s sales went down during the years it ran.
3. Ikea started as a mail-order business that sold pencils and postcards.
4. A single Major League baseball only lasts about six or seven pitches.
5. Pythons rebuild their intestines from scratch after every meal.
