In 1965, a four-year-old nearly drowned at a beach, but was rescued by a woman named Alice Blaise. 9 years later, that boy saved a man at the same beach. That man was Alice's husband.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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The highest speed ever achieved on a bicycle was 167.04 mph by Fred Rompelberg in 1995.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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A woman named Rachel Krishevsky who died at age 99 had 1,400 direct descendants.
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