The world’s largest cave is the Sarawak Chamber, located in the Malaysian rainforest. The cave is 700 m long, 400 m wide and 100 m high – in other words, there is room for 30 football fields.
How much pizza do Americans eat?
Americans eat about 40 acres of pizza a day – 36 percent of pizza is pepperoni.
What is astronomical twilight?
When the sun is less than 18° below the horizon at midnight, also known as astronomical twilight, evening twilight turns into morning twilight and the night is said to belong to the light nights.
Where was the first football World Cup held?
The first World Cup was held in 1930, with Uruguay winning the final 4-2 over Argentina.
Do mice really love cheese?
It’s a myth that mice are particularly fond of cheese. Mice would much rather have very sugary food – for example, chocolate.
Bobsleigh and the Olympics
Bobsleigh has been an Olympic sport since 1924 (Chamonix), but women had to wait until 2002 to be included in the Olympic program.
What is the world’s coolest guitar solo?
The world’s coolest guitar solo, according to a listener survey on British radio station Planet Rock, would be Pink Floyd with Comfortably Numb.
The news of the origin of life
If the news of the emergence of life on Earth 3 billion years ago had been immediately sent out into the universe at the speed of light, it would not yet have traveled more than 1/3 of the distance to the most distant galaxies in the universe.
How many different languages has someone spoken?
Einstein was fluent in 7 languages, while in 1822 Dane Rasmus Christian Rask mastered no less than 25 languages and dialects fluently, and was still studying around 50 other languages.
