Samuel J. Seymour, a five-year-old boy who witnessed the Lincoln assassination.
At 96 Seymour was a guest on the TV show. he felt bad for Booth, thinking Booth had fallen out of the box
2020
Scottish scientists were awarded Β£250,000 in funding to breed sheep who fart less.
They will attempt to create more animals who have the least impact on the environment
2019
There has never been a verified snow leopard attack on a human being.
They are very reclusive creatures, and even if they are disturbed, they are more likely to run away than to attack.
2012
John Stuart Mill.
advocated strongly for the preserving of individual rights and called for limitations to the power and authority of the state over the indiv
2016
Potatoes played an important role in economic growth in the 18th & 19th centuries.
The introduction of the potato explains the 25β26% of the increase in old world population
2011
Rubber ducks inspire play that develops muscle strength and coordination.
With their bright color, smooth texture, and (for some) squeaky or quacky sounds, rubber ducks sharpen toddlersβ senses
2020
Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman.
certain territories may be named after women such as the Virgin Islands but Saint Lucia is the only sovereign state among them
2018
The minimum sound threshold a human ear drum can detect is 1x10^-12 watts/square meter. To put in perspective just how sensitive that is, if.
To put in perspective just how sensitive that is, if our ear drum was the size of England, it could detect the weight of a banana on it.
2020
Squirrels cause electrical disruptions commonly.
A squirrel took out the power to Nasdaq's trading computer and affected Twenty million trades. commentators noted that cyber attacks by human terrorists are rarer than disruption by squirrels.
2020
The Micronesian island of Yap is known for its stone money.
They use large doughnut-shaped, carved disks of calcite, some as large as 13 ft in diameter
2018
EF Schumacher, Green economist.
Schumacher's 1973 book Small is Beautiful rewrote the rules by questioning whether the objectives of western economics were desirable
2020
Valentina Tereshkova.
Her humble origins as a textile worker, her enthusiasm for parachuting and the fact that she was the first woman to go into space
2020
