Here are a few fun facts I found. Feel free to comment.
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

In Czechoslovakia, there is a church that has a chandelier made out of human bones.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

Human thigh bones are stronger...