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Aggressive sitting, or sporthocking, originated in Berlin in 2007. Special stools for this sport cost about 70 dollars.
After winning a bronze medal in judo at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Belgian athlete Dirk Van Tichelt was assaulted and robbed while celebrating his victory.
The largest known intact meteorite is Hoba, a 66-ton (60 metric tons) hunk of iron. It landed on Earth approximately 80,000 years ago in Namibia and has remained in place ever since.
Albania was the only Nazi-occupied country where the Jewish population grew during WWII, as many Muslim Albanians sheltered and protected Jewish refugees.
In 1991, Yugoslav tank driver Vladimir Živković deserted the Vukovar front by driving his tank to Belgrade and parking it outside the federal parliament in protest.
Throughout “Gilligan’s Island,” it was never disclosed whether “Gilligan” was his first or last name, although off-screen sources state his full name was “Willy Gilligan.”
In 2015, scientists discovered sharks living in an underwater volcano near the Solomon Islands. However, human exploration is unsafe due to risks of burns from the heat and acidity.
Up to half of Earth’s water formed before the Sun, originating from interstellar ices in the molecular cloud that birthed our solar system.
On June 4, 1923, jockey Frank Hayes suffered a fatal heart attack mid-race, but his horse, Sweet Kiss, finished and won, making him the only jockey to win a race posthumously.
Bees actually have knees, but the phrase “bee’s knees” became popular in the 1920s simply because it sounded catchy.
Dragonflies existed over 300 million years ago, long before dinosaurs, with some prehistoric species having wingspans as large as 2.5 feet.
The largest known prime number has 41,024,320 digits. The prime number is calculated by multiplying together 136,279,841 twos, and then subtracting 1.
Dorothy’s slippers in the Wizard of Oz book are silver in the book, but were changed to red for the movie to contrast better with the yellow brick road.
The U.S. Flag Code, which dictates how to care for and display the flag, is not just a set of guidelines; it is actually federal law. But, while it is the law, it’s not enforced.
Uranus’ moon Miranda is home to the tallest known cliff in the Solar System, Verona Rupes, which is approximately 12.4 miles (20 km) deep!
The leftover heat from the Big Bang still fills the universe. We can’t see it, but we can measure it as cosmic background radiation.
In 1971, a pizzeria owner made a movie about the Zodiac killer and hosted a premiere in San Francisco, hoping the real killer would show up and be caught.
Saturn’s axis is tilted by about 26.7 degrees, giving it seasons similar to Earth’s, but because it takes nearly 30 years to orbit the Sun, each season lasts around seven Earth years.
Samsung means “three stars” in Korean. The founder chose this name because he wanted the company to be powerful and everlasting like stars in the sky.
In 2010, falling icicles in St. Petersburg, Russia, caused at least five deaths and approximately 150 injuries following a severe winter.
Elizabeth Taylor requested that her funeral start 15 minutes late, so she could be “late to her own funeral.”
