With the recently finished Presidential elections in the United States, we’ve been taking a look around the internet for some brilliant facts about US presidents and boy have we found a few humdingers! Today we’re going to look at some of the stranger and of course, the lesser known facts …
All across history strange things have occurred at the same time, in the same place and to the very same person. In fact, one person was once struck by lightning an amazing seven times in the same place which is odds equal to twenty-two septillion to one which looks like …
All across history strange things have occurred at the same time, in the same place and to the very same person. In fact, one person was once struck by lightning an amazing seven times in the same place which is odds equal to twenty-two septillion to one which looks like …
America is one of the world’s powerhouse nations and its leader is regularly referred to as ‘The Leader of the Free World’ which is a pretty snazzy title to have now isn’t it? Anyway, today I thought we’d touch on some cool facts we’ve found out about America! Until Ronald …
A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle. Read some of the most interesting facts about Bridges. China has the 3 longest bridges. Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge – 164,800 m. It …
In 2009 it is estimated that 33.3 million people are living with HIV/AIDS. Incredible as it may sound, there is no such thing as a “fish”. The concept is merely a convenient umbrella term to describe an aquatic vertebrate that is not a mammal, a turtle, or anything else. The …
There are some really really weird coincidences between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy!! Both were shot in the head with one bullet on a Friday. Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846, Kennedy in 1946. Lincoln’s successor (named Johnson) was born in 1808. Kennedy’s successor (also named Johnson) was …
On December 10, 1868, the first traffic lights were installed outside the British Houses of Parliament in London, by the railway engineer J. P. Knight. Toronto was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic signal system. The modern electric traffic light is an American invention.[6] As early …