Did you know ... that I am cool?

Or The shortest French word with all five vowels is "oiseau" meaning bird?

Or Madrid is the only European capital city not situated on a river?

Or The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat", which means "the king is dead"?

Or Oliver Cromwell was hanged and decapitated two years after he had died?

Or The word "queueing" is the only English word with five consecutive vowels?

Or Dracula is the most filmed story of all time, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is second and Oliver Twist is third?

Or 2319 is the coolest family in Pinwheel (second ranked cool family is 2311)?

Or The Roman emperor Caligula made his horse a senator? (Caligula is the topic of the day in this thread it seems)

Or The hyoid bone, in your throat, is the only bone in the body not attached to another bone?

Or In Chinese, the words for crisis and opportunity are the same?

Or The naval rank of "Admiral" is derived from the Arabic phrase "amir al bahr", which means "lord of the sea"?

Or Bananas do not grow on trees, but on rhizomes?

Lastly, Other than fruit, honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life! What about milk, you say? A cow has to eat grass to produce milk and grass is living!