Strange But True: The Great Pyramid
By Lucie Winborne
Assembling the International Space Station took more than 200 spacewalks.
The average freediver can hold their breath for approximately 10 minutes, much longer than the average healthy, fit human but well short of the Guinness World Record time of 22 minutes.
During the Middle Ages, the majority of western maps placed east rather than north at the top.
Diamonds are the only gem made of a single element, at nearly 99.95% carbon, the most commonly found element on Earth.
After the axle, the first wheels did not appear on any mode of transportation, but on a child's toy. Scholars estimate that it took another three centuries after wheels were used in pottery and toymaking for them to be applied to transportation.
The Great Pyramid at Giza has over 2 million stone blocks, each with an average weight of more than 2 tons.
Two days after Alexander Graham Bell died at his summer home in Nova Scotia on Aug. 2, 1922, all telephone service in the United States and Canada was suspended for a full minute at the precise moment when he was lowered into his grave.
Just 10% of an incandescent light bulb's energy produces light. The remaining 90% produces heat.
At the 2007 French Open, Venus Williams' serve sent the ball flying at 129 miles per hour, the second fastest serve by a woman ever recorded. It was also the fastest recorded in a main draw match at that time.
Most people think you gain 5 to 10 pounds over Thanksgiving, but you'll be glad to know the average amount is really just a single pound.
Thought for the Day: "I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed." -- Robert H. Schuller
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