In their early careers, Sylvester Stallone and Jackie Chan both took part in porn.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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The world's longest traffic jam took place in Beijing, China. It was over 60 miles long and lasted 11 days.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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Chunosuke Matsuyama, a Japanese Seaman, sent a message in a bottle in 1784 that his ship had wrecked. It washed up in 1935 in the village where he was born.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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