A blind American man taught himself to navigate using echolocation. His hobbies include hiking and mountain-biking, and he has now trained over 500 students in his ‘tongue-click’ technique.
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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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From the nitrogen in our DNA, to the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, to the carbon in our apple pies - all were made in the interiors of collapsing stars; we're all made of stardust.
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Poon Lim survived 133 days alone on a raft at sea by fishing, drinking bird blood, and killing a shark with a jug of water.
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A waterfall known as The Devil's Kettle empties water into a hole and nobody knows where it ends up!
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