Fun Facts 1. The oldest person ever to have lived (whose age could be authenticated), a French woman named Jeanne Louise Calment, was 122 years old when she died in 1997. ( Guinness world record ) 2. The tallest living man is 37-year-old Sultan Kosen, from Turkey, who is 8 feet, 2.8 inches, who set the record in 2009. His growth is also due to a pituitary issue. ( Guinness world record ) 3. The tallest man ever recorded was American giant Robert Wadlow (1918–1940), who stood 8 feet 11 inches. Wadlow’s size was the result of abnormally enlarged pituitary gland. ( Guinness world record ) 4. The original name for the search engine Google was Backrub. It was renamed Google after the googol, which is the number one followed by 100 zeros. ( About google ) 5. The oldest-known living land animal is a tortoise named Jonathan, who is 187 years old. He was born in 1832 and has lived on the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean since 1882. ( Guinness world record ) 6. T...
PHYSICS 13 Wild Science Facts You Probably Didn't Learn in High School FIONA MACDONALD 8 JUNE 2018 We learn about some awesome science in high school - like Einstein's theory of relativity , the Periodic table , and DNA replication . The knowledge we pick up there sets the foundations for all the other amazing things we go on to study. But science definitely doesn't end at high school, and it's once you take your learning to the next level that things get really interesting. In no particular order, here are some mind-bendingly incredible facts that we didn't learn at high school, but wish we did. Because I certainly would have paid a whole lot more attention if my teacher had shared a few of these insights in class. Side note: if you did learn about all of this and more at school, then you had a kick-ass teacher and you should probably tell them that. 1. Water can boil and freeze at the same time Seriously, it's...
History of Kohinoor Diamond The Kohinoor is one of the oldest and most famous diamonds in the world. The history of Kohinoor diamond goes back in history to more than 5000 years ago. The current name of the diamond, Koh-i-noor is in Persian and means “Mountain of Light”. Below you will find a timeline of this priceless diamond. Up to 1500 It is believed that the diamond was first mentioned more than 5000 years ago in a Sanskrit script, where it was called the Syamantaka. Syamantaka It is worth mentioning that there is only speculation that the Syamantaka and the Kohinoor are the same diamond. After this first written mention, for over 4,000 years the diamond is not mentioned. Maharajah Ranjit Singh Up until 1304 the diamond was in the possession of the Rajas of Malwa, but back then, the diamond was still not named Kohinoor. In 1304, it belonged to the Emperor of Delhi, Allaudin Khilji. In 1339, the diamond was taken back to the city of Samarka...
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