01. It is Ray Tomlinson who sent the first network email in 1971.
02. The Great Sphinx, estimated to be as old as 4,500 years, has been based on a mythological creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human.
03. Synchronous fireflies have turned the world of fireflies upside down. They have a distinct flashing pattern which includes five to eight bursts of light in a very short period. No one has succeeded in photographing the light produced by these fireflies.
04. Citizens of Taos have been hearing a low-frequency hum for many years. But no one knows the reason behind the hum.
05. What did you know about the Apollo mission to the moon? The Saturn V Rocket had carried 203,400 gallons of kerosene fuel and 318,000 gallons of liquid oxygen in the first stage. The rocket needed over 500,000 gallons of fuel to get out of the atmosphere. When it came to the second stage, the rocket had used another 260,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen and 80,000 gallons of liquid oxygen. In the third stage over 66,700 gallons of liquid hydrogen and 19,359 gallons of liquid oxygen had been required.
06. Jack Dorsey who created the Twitter App is a silent person. “People often find it pretty unsettling as I am a silent person. I am no expert when it comes to public speaking or even an individual conversation. I am a silent person,” said Jack.
07. You may have noticed that Mr. Bean does not often speak. You undoubtedly find his speaking unusual. Atkinson known as Mr. Bean had suffered from a sever stutter in his youth.
08. The colour blue was the chosen colour for the Denim. It is because of the chemical properties of the blue dye. Blue dye will not damage the fabric in the hot temperature, making the colour fade away.
09. William Francis Kemmler was the first person in the world to be executed by the electric chair in 1890. The last person was a woman named Lynda Lyon Block. She was executed on May 10, 2002.
10. It takes only six minutes for alcohol to affect your brain. Researchers at Heidelberg University Hospital found that changes can take place in one’s brain within six minutes after consuming alcohol.