The longest Cricket Test match lasted over 12 days between England and South Africa. It only ended because the English team would have missed their boat home.
MIT, often cited as one of the world’s most prestigious universities, puts almost all of its course materials online for anyone to access for free.
Albert Einstein had mastered calculus by the tender age of 15.
Madagascar got its name when Marco Polo misspelled it. The name stuck and the island was christened to the name in 1500.
Tom Hanks had an asteroid named after him which was called “12818 tomhanks“.
The number of stars on the EU flag doesn’t represent anything. 12 stars were chosen as a number with no political association and for a symbol of unity.
High heels are nothing new to the world. In the 18th Century, they were fashionable even for children.
Elephants think people are cute, the same way people think puppies or kittens are cute.
Cats which have blue eyes for the duration of their lives are likely to be deaf.
The manager of Guinness started the Guinness Book of World Records when he got annoyed that he couldn’t find out what the fastest game bird was ever recorded.
Barry Manilow wrote many famous jingles for companies like McDonald’s, State Farm and BandAids.
One of the smartest bird species is the magpie. They can even recognize themselves in mirrors.
In order to keep Nazis away, a Polish doctor faked a typhus outbreak. This strategy staved 8,000 people.
The atomic number of zinc is 30.
The tall chef’s hat is called a toque.
There’s very little evidence the TSA has ever stopped a terrorist or found a real bomb. When tested, they failed to find fake weapons and bombs 95% of the time.
In the United States, each person owns an average of seven pairs of blue jeans. That’s one for every day of the week!
Whenever Charles Dickens was away from home, he would always realign the bed he was sleeping in to face Northwards, as he felt that this fostered and unlocked his creativity.
The Shawn Mendes EP reached Number 1 on iTunes in 37 minutes.
Since 1990 the United States has added more acres of forest than it has lost, with almost 20 million new acres of forest land added in the last 2 decades.
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