It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
13
Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
11
Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
13
Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
27
Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
29
If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
31
The average IQ is 100, while 140 is the beginning of genius IQ.
140
It's impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath.
703