When the historic Plaza Hotel in NYC opened in 1907, a room cost $2.50 per night, the same as $64.26 today. The Plaza now charges over $1,000/night.
Originally, the Eiffel Tower was going to be erected in Barcelona, but the project was rejected because citizens thought it was an eyesore.
The world’s longest place name has 85 letters & is located in New Zealand.
An amateur beekeeper and a group of scientists found that wax worms are capable of eating and breaking down plastic bags. The settings of a wax worm’s stomach can be recreated to safely dispose of plastic bags and bottles.
Long ago, people chewed on tree bark as a method of pain relief. Willow bark has a high amount of salicylic acid, an ingredient still used in aspirin today.
The oldest “your mom” joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet in Iraq in 1976. The tablet has since been lost, but the text remains preserved.
Kangaroos keep growing until they die. They are the world’s largest marsupial.
In 1923, a jockey suffered a fatal heart attack but his horse finished and won the race, making him the first and only jockey to win a race after death.
A red blood cell takes only about 20 seconds to make a complete circuit through your body.
Iceland was chosen as the training ground for Apollo astronauts because it was the most “moonlike” surface.
A polygon with 30 sides is a triacontagon.
The shower-curtain effect is the phenomenon in which a shower curtain gets blown inward with a running shower. Scientists don’t know what causes this.
The KKK headquarters were purchased by the Catholic Church then turned into a church.
After a waitress at a pizzeria helped a customer choose the numbers for a winning lottery ticket in 1984, he “tipped” her $3,000,000 – half of his $6,000,000 prize money.
Jack Gilinsky is Jewish.
While most people think of Neil Patrick Harris as an actor, he is also a writer, producer, comedian, singer, and even amateur magician!
Part of the Falklands Islands is littered with leftover landmines from the Falklands War. This stretch of beach has become home to over 1 million penguins as they are too light to trigger the mines when walking on them.
Young Tyrannosaurus rex’s probably had a thin coat of downy feathers to stay warm. They did not need them as they got older due to their size.
The first jet aircraft was invented in Nazi Germany. Development started in 1936, but first takeoff occurred in 1939.
Vernor’s Ginger Ale is the oldest soda still being sold. It was created by Detroit pharmacist James Vernor, in 1866.
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