In 1666, the fire that destroyed most of the city of London, at the same time has ended the plague. Mostly because the fire killed infected rats who were the carriers of the disease.
In Africa poachers kill about a hundred elephants every day.
The first nuclear power plant in the world was built in 1954 in the Soviet city of Obninsk.
75% of women will make their bed every day. Unlike women, men are less likely to make it. Only 45% of men will make their own bed in the morning.
On the evening when Michael Jordan made 69 points in one game, his teammate Stacey King said: "I'll always remember this as the night that Michael Jordan and I combined to score 70 points”.
In 1898 Nikola Tesla successfully demonstrated a “ship with a remote control” as a continuation of the research on radio frequency.
