American film “Mary Poppins” from 1965 was awarded five Oscars. One of them was for special effects in the scene where Mary Poppins is landing with the help of her umbrella.
Word “news” did not emerge as a plural of “new”, more as an abbreviation for the world, North, East, West and South, indicating the arrival of news from around the world.
On average, adults laugh fifteen times a day.
Stapedius is the smallest muscle in the human body. Its length is only 6.3 millimeters and enables the movement of the bones in the middle ear.
The magazine "Time" proclaimed Adolf Hitler "person of the year" in 1938.
The weight of a diamond is measured in carats, and one carat is 0.2 grams. The heaviest diamond that has ever been found to this date is weighed 621 grams or 3105 carats.
