The world's first Buddhist ruler, Emperor Ashoka, who ruled India from 274-232 BCE, was the first ruler in human history to ban slavery, the death penalty, animal cruelty, and deforestation. He even advocated gender equality in education and religious institutions.
32
The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
13
Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
2
If Earth's life was compressed into 1 year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.
15
If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
31
Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
46
Touching a teddy bear can make people feel less lonely.
36
The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
21