if adjusted for inflation,The Birth of a Nation(1915) is the first ever film to gross a over a billion dollars.
at 1.8 billion dollars it is the forth highest grossing film ever
2020
In contrast, plants grown in nutrient solution produced more and longer root hairs in low P conditions.
Low Phosphorus solution makes longer root hairs?
Waldo, a grey parrot, lead singer of a death metal band.
Hatebeak doesn't tour/play live because it would be "absolute torture for the bird to experience decibels at those levels.”
2014
Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, is half the size of Pluto.
The same surfaces of Charon and Pluto always face each other, which is known as mutual tidal locking
2020
On Venus, it snows metal and rains sulfuric acid.
Venus is scorching hot and choked with sulfuric acid, which causes the planet’s metals to become gas and then liquid in the atmosphere
2013
Memory can be easily distorted.
The car crash experimenters found that the use of different verbs affected the participants’ memories of an accident
2014
in 2014, six sealed glass vials of smallpox dated 1954 were discovered in a storage room.
two of the vials had virus which proved to be viable in culture. They were destroyed 7 months later.
2020
The 1st man to exit and return to the same aircraft in flight without a parachute.
The French skydiver and base jumper, Patrick de Gayardon who also invented the modern wingsuit
2018
the United States Army had a tactical deception unit called "Ghost Army".
during the WW2, soldiers, their job was to deceive the enemy by inflatable tanks, sound trucks, and fake radio transmissions
2020
The "Refrigerator Safety Act" Was passed because Early refrigerators would only open from outside and trap children.
Magnetic strips were used on fridge doors to create an air-proof seal that would open from the inside with a light push. Even tests with children were conducted.
2015
Chimichanga means “thingamajig”.
Culinary historians and Arizona restaurants argue about exactly where and who invented the Chimichanga. Two Tucson restaurants claim bragging rights to creating the first Chimichanga.
2018
Thomas Jefferson made pasta popular in the U.S.
Of the numerous extraordinary contributions Thomas Jefferson made to the United States of America, one that is often overlooked is his legacy of gourmet cuisine and sustainable horticulture.
2014
A whopping amount of food is never sold because it’s too ugly.
Research in Italy and Germany found that people who grow their own food waste the least.
2019
pens won’t work in space.
Normal pens work by gravity pulling the ink towards the pen’s nib. As there’s no gravity in space, the ink doesn’t get pulled to the nib.
2020
You can find peanuts in dynamite.
Water is a consumable food product, and as such, it is subject to laws requiring expiration dates on all consumables
2010
Maya Angelou.
‘I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’
2020
