The temperature of a raindrop is on average lower than the air temperature by about 3 degrees Celsius.
Of all the animals, lynx has the sharpest hearing. In the deepest of sleep, they can hear the slightest sound coming from afar. This beast hears so well thanks to its “tufts” on the top of its ears that serves as a kind of antenna.
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1986, but lasted only 38 minutes. The shortest war ended with the capitulation of Zanzibar.
Napoleon wrote good and unusual novels, such as "The Duke of Essex," the novel about ghosts
The first country to give women the right to vote was New Zealand in 1893.
The first woman ambassador was Russia's Aleksandra Kollontai (1872-1952) who was elected in 1923 to be the Soviet ambassador to Norway.