The human orgasm lasts four minutes on average, while a pig’s orgasm lasts half an hour.
In the year 1900, the number of human population was 1.5 million, of whom a quarter lived in Europe.
People who spend the most time in front of television sets are Japanese. They spend on average 9 hours in front of the TV.
In 1898 Nikola Tesla successfully demonstrated a “ship with a remote control” as a continuation of the research on radio frequency.
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 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.