Interesting Facts - Page 32

The canary bird is named after the Canary Islands. The name of the islands comes from the Latin "Canariae Insulae", which means "Islands of the Dogs".

The color orange was not used in the English language until 1512. And in case you're wondering, the color was named after the fruit.

The catacombs of Paris hold the remains of over 6 million people.

Kowloon Walled City, a former settlement in Hong Kong, once housed 50,000 people in an area of less than 0.03 square kilometers.

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has the upper body of a 6'8" man but the lower body of a 5'10" man.