Each glass panel on the Grand Canyon Skywalk can support 800 people, despite being only 2.5 inches thick.
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Some of the first German soldiers captured on D-day were actually Korean pressed into service.
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"Skyfall" is the first 007 flick made by an Oscar winning director (Sam Mendes).
The longest jump on a unicycle was 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in) and was achieved by David Weichenberger (Austria) during the event Vienna Recordia, in Vienna, Austria, on 16 September 2006.
When "The Princess and the Frog" came out, 50 children were hospitalized with salmonella from kissing frogs.
In Gainesville, Georgia, it is illegal to eat fried chicken with anything but your fingers.
The chief translator for the European Parliament, Loannis Ikonomou, fluently speaks 32 languages.
When there were no clocks, candle clocks were used that burned a set amount of hours. If you wanted an alarm, you pushed a nail at the desired time length in the candle and when it melted to that point, the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder alerting you.
KOMODO DRAGONS CAN DEVOUR 5 POUNDS (2 KG) OF MEAT IN LESS THAN A MINUTE. ANY EXTRA FAT THEY EAT IS STORED IN THEIR TAILS.
Florida State Park, Tate's Hell, is named after farmer Cebe Tate who, while hunting panthers, was bitten by a snake, lost his dogs, lost his shotgun, and was himself lost for 7 days & 7 nights. When he made it to town he said "My name is Cebe Tate and I’ve been through hell." and then collapsed & died.
NOT ALL MOONS ARE DRY AND DUSTY LIKE OURS. JUPITER'S EUROPA HAS A LIQUID OCEAN UNDER AN ICY CRUST.
American president Lyndon B. Johnson owned an amphibious car (a car that could drive on water). He would use it to scare guests by driving them into his lake while screaming about brake failure.
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