Based on shadows, astronomers have pinpointed the exact moment Life Magazine’s iconic Times Square Kiss took place - 5:51 PM on August 14, 1945.
Research shows that kids start to understand their gender at two years old, and can easily identify it by three years old.
NASA has a Planetary Protection Officer whose job is to prevent us from contaminating other planets.
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning British monarch ever, surpassing Queen Victoria.
In France, a megabyte is called a “mega-octet” because “byte” means “cock” and “megabyte” is unintentionally rude.
The filming of the movie ‘Titanic’ cost more than the Titanic itself!
Stars don’t appear to be moving, but they are actually traveling roughly 1,000 times faster than the fastest spacecraft that’s ever flown.
As of 2016, the modern British Army has more horses than tanks.
If you can see a rainbow you must have your back to the sun. If you don’t, you can’t see it.
The steel industry, in 1943, introduced the 5-day, 40 hour work week. Henry Ford adopted it in 1926.
If you stand in the bottom of a well, you would be able to see the stars even in the daytime.
The Eiffel Tower can vary six inches in height depending on the temperature.
DNA was discovered in 1869 by Johan Friederich Miescher.
In Alaska it is against the law to look at a moose from an airplane.
The combination “ough” can be pronounced in 9 different ways; Read this: “A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.”
You are more likely to remember something you’ve written in blue ink than something you’ve written in black ink.
Hardworking, unselfish people are the least popular in any work group.
Athazagoraphobia is the fear of being forgotten or ignored by someone you once cared about.
If you find a lost driver’s license, you can just drop it in a mailbox - the Postal Service will take it back to the right person.
The world’s shortest horror story is only two sentences long: “The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door.”
Frozen vegetables are often more nutritious than fresh ones.
The first American magazine (The American Magazine) was published in Philadelphia in 1741.
In 1902, Unilever hired J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) to advertise Lifebuoy soap. This partnership is the longest client-agency relationship in advertising history.
The headrest of car seats is deliberately kept detachable and sharp so that it could be used to break open the glass of car from inside in case of fire and emergency.
In a German village called Fuggerei, the rent hasn’t been raised since 1520 - it costs just 88 Euro Cents to live there for an entire year.
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