Of all the words Dr. Seuss made up in his storybooks, only one has stuck in the English vocabulary: grinch, which is refers to a killjoy -- and it took more than 20 years.

'K' was chosen to stand for a strikeout in baseball because 'S' was being used to denote a sacrifice.

An electric eel can release a charge powerful enough to start 50 cars.

AMAZING FACTS