If you were to have your picture taken by the very first camera, you’d need to sit still for 8 hours.
Of the top 20 most watched TV broadcasts in the United States, 19 were Super Bowls, and the other was the 1983 finale of M*A*S*H.
English accounts for 50% of visited webpages, even though the amount of English users is only 26%. Russian accounts for the 2nd most visited pages at only 6%.
In season 5 of Breaking Bad, Aaron Paul (Jesse) was paid $150,000 per episode.
September 25th is known as “World Dream Day” – a day about chasing your dreams, no matter how big or small they may be!
The National Basketball Association (NBA) was founded on June 6th, 1946.
A snail can sleep for 3 years.
Since 1497, the United Kingdom has printed their laws on vellum, made from calf or goat-skin. They continue to do this in order to uphold the tradition.
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas wanted to make an animated Calvin and Hobbes movie. The author declined because he wanted to protect the integrity of the comic.
In New Delhi, if a tree falls sick, an ambulance is dispatched to treat them. This came into effect in 2009 and takes four people to do the job.
In 1998, David Bowie released an internet provider called BowieNet. Subscribers were offered exclusive content and a BowieNet email. It was shut down in 2006.
The 6th largest pyramid in the world is a Bass Pro Shops in the Memphis Pyramid. At 32 stories tall, it also has the tallest freestanding elevator in the U.S.
Ben & Jerry’s has an online flavor graveyard for their 10 discontinued ice cream flavors. Each one has a photo, life span, and epitaph.
Females are better at distinguishing colors, while males excel at tracking fast moving objects and discerning detail from a distance.
During the Aztec reign, a slave could be bought for 100 cocoa beans.
The average temperature of a beehive is the same as a human body. Bees flap their wings to regulate heat.
The famous Lacoste crocodile symbol was created in 1933, and was the first designer logo ever.
Each day on Neptune lasts for around 16 hours, 6 minutes and 36 seconds.
“Infantry” sounds like “infant” as typically in ancient times an army’s infantry consisted of soldiers too young or too inexperienced to ride a horse and be part of the cavalry.
The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia.
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