People with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor, according to research. A team of scientists has tracked down a genetic mutation that leads to blue eyes. The mutation occurred between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago. Before then, there were no blue eyes.
Nepalis Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa launched a paraglider from the summit of Mount Everest in 2011, the third party to do so, and in the process set a new world record for free flight (8,865 meters).
In 1998 Guinness World Record editors and record managers decided to discontinue the heaviest pet category to deter people from over-feeding their pets just to appear in the book.
If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.......
Every Purple Heart awarded by the military since 1945 is one of the 500,000 purple hearts manufactured in anticipation of U.S. casualties resulting from the invasion of Japan but, the atomic bombs ended the war. There are 120,000 left.
There’s a Rainbow Tree, Eucalyptus deglupta, that sheds its outer bark to reveal bright green inner bark that then matures to blue, purple, orange, and finally red.
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