Facts

Sharks can live up to 100 years. Read More »

Mineral elements taken from Earth provide the colors. Strontium yields deep reds, copper produces blue, sodium yields yellow, and iron filings and charcoal pieces produce gold sparks. Bright flashes and loud bangs come from aluminum powder. Read More »

The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were two American brothers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who were credited with inventing and building the world’s first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903. From 1905 to 1907, the brothers developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the ... Read More »

Koala fingerprints are similar to human fingerprints, even with an electron microscope, it can be quite difficult to distinguish between the two. Read More »

When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour. Read More »

There are about 500,000 acres in production for growing Christmas Trees in the U.S. Each acre provides the daily oxygen requirements of 18 people. In the United States, the National Christmas Tree Association (NCTA) promotes the environmental benefits of live Christmas trees over the competing artificial alternative. The NCTA stated that every acre of Christmas trees in production produced the ... Read More »

Children * Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year. Consumption * Even if you eat food standing on your head, it will end up in your stomach. Death * When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. First off would be the sight. * In 1900 the average age at death ... Read More »

The Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf are connected by the Hormuz Strait.  It is the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one of the world’s most strategically important choke points. Read More »

The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the one and only Wonder which does not require a description by early historians and poets. It is the one and ... Read More »

“Bookkeeper” is the only word in English language with three consecutive Double letters.  It’s the only one in which removing the hyphen and merging the two words is a practical option. Read More »