“Hello Kitty” began as part of a covert propaganda campaign originally proposed by Prime Minister Tojo during World War II.

The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

There have been eight ships in the British Royal navy named the H.M.S. Pickle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pickle

The killer whale (Orcinus orca), commonly referred to as the orca, and less commonly as the blackfish, is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_whale

Some koi fish have reportedly lived more than 200 years, the oldest being Hanako, died at an age of 226 years on July 7, 1977. Koi fish actually are able to live for a long time, with averaging life span of 70 years. Here are some other koi fish who also lived a long life: Aoi-170 years old, Chikara- 155 years old.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_long-living_organisms

There is such thing as a yellow lobster! One was caught off the coast of Rhode Island on August 5,. These yellow lobsters are found in about one in thirty million lobsters!

http://www.projo.com/news/environment/content/Yellow_lobster_goes_to_school_08-05-10_BEJEOE_v9.237f885.html

The first scientist to make a camera, was the Arab Scientist, Ibn Al Haytham, a scientist in physics, anatomy, astronomy. It was called Obscura. Later then astronomer Johannes Kepler developed the lense and it became portable since.

Eight counties of western North Carolina (and now part of Tennessee) broke off from that state in the late 1780s and formed the abortive State of Franklin. Efforts to obtain admission to the Union failed, and the counties had re-joined North Carolina by 1790.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee