Sun Mingming, the tallest basketball player in the world.
Along with his wife Xu Yan, is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living couple
2020
A fitness app accidentally revealed the location of military bases around the world.
The app uses GPS to track users activitity, this information was used create a heat map
2018
Ben, the Elephant that waited for the Doctor.
After being shot by poachers Ben walked to and patiently waited outside a medical lodge for 5 hours.
2016
The Yankee Stadium Hex.
a construction worker and Boston Red Sox fan buried a Red Sox jersey underneath the stadium with the objective of placing a "hex" on the Yan
2020
We know more about Mars and our Moon than we do about our oceans.
We have fully mapped 100% of the surface of Mars and Earth’s Moon, whereas we have only been able to map roughly 5% of the ocean floor.
2009
The Need For Better Desalination.
According to the United Nations, water supply shortages will affect billions of people by the middle of this century
2019
The International Space Station circles Earth every 92 minutes.
In one day, the station travels about the distance it would take to go from Earth to the moon and back.
2018
President Harry Truman appointed Georgia Neese Clark as the first female Treasurer in 1949.
Since then, every subsequent Treasurer has been a woman
2020
Potatoes played an important role in economic growth in the 18th & 19th centuries.
The introduction of the potato explains the 25–26% of the increase in old world population
2011
The Meadows is served by several stops of the Nottingham Express Transit system. Both line 1 and line 2 pass through the Meadows.
Very helpful. Thanks!
2020
Agricultural Pollution.
Agriculture contributes greatly to soil erosion and sediment deposition through intensive management or inefficient land cover
2020
Clockwork Orange was so controversial in the UK that Kubrick requested Warner Brothers withdraw the movie.
up until Kubrick's death in 1999 it was very difficult to watch the movie legally in Britain.
2020
