Contents of Lincoln’s pockets on the night of his assassination:
- Two pairs of glasses
- Lens polisher
- Watch fob
- Penknife
- Newspaper clippings
- Handkerchief
… and a Confederate five-dollar bill.
Contents of Lincoln’s pockets on the night of his assassination:
… and a Confederate five-dollar bill.
Fingernails grow up to four times faster than toenails.
Bill Clinton sent only two e-mails during his entire eight-year term in office. One was to test the system; the other was to congratulate John Glenn on his return to space.
Both are archived in Clinton’s presidential library.
Bangkok’s full name is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit.
It means “the city of angels, the great city, the eternal jewel city, the impregnable city of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous royal palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn.”
In a 70-year lifetime, the average person sheds 44 pounds of skin.
Every seven years, the Eiffel Tower is repainted with 5.5 tons of paint.
Koalas sleep up to 22 hours a day.
All the gold ever mined would make a cube 66 feet on a side.
A race among all the world’s creatures would show some surprising results. Top speeds:
The winner would be the peregrine falcon, which has been clocked in level flight at 217 mph.
If Earth were the size of a tennis ball, the sun would be 2,460 feet away.
And the nearest star would still be 125,000 miles away.