Spiders usually have eight eyes, but still they cannot see that well.

“If you practise deceit it will burrow down into dark places and change you. Spoken by Boaz to his daughter, Star.”

The two top toys in 1950 were Silly Putty which sold for $1, and Crayola crayons which sold for 50 cents.

The fastest moving land snake is the Black Mamba, which can move up to 11km/h (7 miles/h).

“An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.”

If a cockroach breaks a leg it can grow another one.

Jupiter is the fastest rotating planet, which can complete one revolution in less than ten hours.

“When you run out of love, it’s really hard to understand whether you have lost your heart or your heart has lost you…”

The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines.

I spent half my childhood trying to be like my dad. True for most boys, I think. It turns with adolescence. The last thing I wanted was to be like my dad. It took becoming a man to realize how lucky I’d been. It took a few hard knocks in life to make me realize the only thing my dad had ever wanted or worked for was to give me a chance at being better than him.