A newly born Kodiak brown bear can weigh less than one pound. As it grows up, its weight may increase as much as 1,000 times. If human babies grew this much, as adults they would weigh over 6,000 lbs.
Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" begins with a tritone, which is also known as the devil's interval. The tritone was banned in some Renaissance churches for sounding too devilish.
The official distance for a marathon was increased from 24 miles to 26.2 miles in 1908 by England, so that they could include Windsor Castle on their route when they hosted the Olympics.
Parkinson's disease is the fastest-growing neurological disease in the world, and it is the second-most common neurological disorder, after Alzheimers.
One of the earliest known vacuum cleaners was so large that it had to be hauled from house to house via a horse-drawn carriage. Its giant hoses were popped through the windows of customers, and a gas-powered motor generated the suction that pulled the dirt and debris into a glass container where onlookers could gawk at the volume of filth coming from their neighbors’ homes.
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