In one day the heart beats around 100.800 times. It pumps through the blood vessels as much blood as it would take to fill about 170 average bathtubs.
According to a study by British scientists, 63.6% of professional football players experience a grave breach while playing football.
The Syrian city of Damascus is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. It reached its peak 2000 years before Rome was founded in 753 BC.
In 1898 Nikola Tesla successfully demonstrated a “ship with a remote control” as a continuation of the research on radio frequency.
People who spend the most time in front of television sets are Japanese. They spend on average 9 hours in front of the TV.
The Mongolian khan and the Chinese emperor went hunting with 500 falcons and an entourage of 10.000 people.
