The International Space Station is the largest manned object ever sent into space.
The (ISS) sits roughly 250 miles (400 km) above the Earth and is the third-brightest object in the night sky.
2020
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
The one and only British grown Chocolate.
a factory in York tried growing cacao in the inhospitable British weather, but harvested only enough for one small bar
2020
In the 16th Century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if they didn’t provide enough coffee for them.
By the late 15th century coffee had become a common beverage in the Near East, but the Ottoman Turks had mastered the art of it
2017
A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.
Not a Joke. in 1783, the first hot air balloon was launched carrying a sheep, duck, and a rooster.
2019
There are 88 recognized star constellations in our night sky.
These 88 constellations cover the Earth’s night sky and can be observed from the southern and northern hemispheres.
2012
An Eco friendly Variation to Standard Cremation - Hydro Cremation..
The process utilizes a mix of water and sodium to break down the soft tissue of a body and the bones are pulverized to be given to the family. It doesn't utilize formaldehyde, nor does it relase green house gas
The Likov family Lived in the Siberian wilderness completely isolated for 40 years.
When they were discovered in 1978 they were unaware that World War II had taken place.
2013
David Lewis.
Was a prominent analytic philosopher. One of his most influential ideas revolved around the concept of possible worlds.
Lewis believed there is an infinite number of possible worlds, each different from our own to different degrees. An important feature of these possible worlds is that we can compare them based on their relative distance from our real world.
This feature was the basis for many of Lewis's theories - for example, Lewis believed that event A is a cause of event B if and only if, in the closest possible world where A didn't occur, B didn't occur either.
1986
MTV’s '16 and Pregnant' contributed to a record decline in U.S. teen pregnancy.
Teen pregnancy dropped by 5.7% within 18 months of the show airing.
2014
Portuguese Man o’ War is actually Not a Jellyfish..
It’s actually smaller organisms that can’t survive on their own and work together to function as one animal.
if she is still reigning by 2024, Queen Elizabeth II will become history's longest-reigning monarch.
Reigning for a total of 72 years, 3 months and 3 weeks
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The U.S. Army promoted Donald Duck to the rank of Sergeant and retired him from active duty.
Donald was never officially separated from service in any of his wartime cartoons or comics.
2017
According to mathematics, white holes are possible, although we have found none.
A white hole is a hypothetical region of space-time which can’t be entered from the outside, although matter and light can escape from withi
2020
Stairs go counter-clockwise because of castle defenses.
Since most people are right-handed they were able to hold the railing with their left and the sword with their right.
2020
