If a chessboard were to have wheat placed upon each square such that one grain were placed on the first square, two on the second, four on the third, and so on, with 64 squares on a chessboard, then the total number of grains equals 18,446,744,073,709,551
Redheads are more resistant to local anesthesia, such as Novocaine, explaining their dread of dental procedures, University of Louisville researchers reported in Journal of the American Dental Association. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19571053 ]
Mobile phone antennas are designed to project a signal in a donut shape, perpendicular to the long axis of the antenna. If you are holding your phone in a strange way, such as on its side or upside down, you will hinder the operation of the antenna. [wiki
In France, there are esoteric wine label laws such as "Unless the wine is from a Premier Cru vineyard, the vineyard name must be printed in characters no more than half the height of the ones used for the village name" [wikipedia]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration claims that there are no such things as aphrodisiacs since no conclusive scientific studies prove the effects of certain foods on sexual desire, performance or enjoyment. [dailyuw.com, 2008]
