When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
114
Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
235
In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
13
Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
79
Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
45
There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
18
Coins usually survive in circulation for about 30 years.
66
The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.
79