For a spacecraft to overcome the Earth’s gravity, it needs an average speed of 12 kilometers per second.
Contrary to popular belief, donkeys belong to one of the smartest ungulates. They, for example, use their chin hair to test whether there is current going through a wire fence and if they have to walk thru dangerous grounds, they will only start if their master walks through first.
Expansion of a crocodile jaw causes secretion of the lacrimal (tear) gland, and that is how the belief was created that the crocodile was mourning his victim.
The first SMS message was sent on 3 December 1992 when the programmer Neil Papworth sent a Christmas greetings to his friend Richard Jarvis through the "Vodafone" network.
According to a study by British scientists, 63.6% of professional football players experience a grave breach while playing football.
The Mongolian khan and the Chinese emperor went hunting with 500 falcons and an entourage of 10.000 people.
