1.  Viagra, when dissolved in water, can make cut-flowers stay erect for up to a week longer than they usually would.

2.  Wasabi was originally eaten with sushi to kill bacteria, not for its flavor.  That’s not necessary now with modern sanitary conditions . . . but people still eat it out of habit.

3.  The name for a group of ferrets is a “business.”

4.  There are more tigers in Americans’ backyards than in the wild.  There are only 3,900 tigers in the wild . . . and more than 5,000 being kept as exotic pets.

Here is today’s bonus fact:

5. “M*A*S*H” was set during the Korean War . . . and lasted almost four times longer on TV than the Korean War itself.  “M*A*S*H” lasted 11 years, the Korean War lasted three.

(Insider / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Mental Floss / CNN – World Wildlife Fund)