The first woman ambassador was Russia's Aleksandra Kollontai (1872-1952) who was elected in 1923 to be the Soviet ambassador to Norway.
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.
In the Middle Ages, patients were tended by nuns, who in between themselves called one another sisters. That name was later used for trained nurses.
A group of researchers from Lausanne (Switzerland) found that there are genes that determine the quality of sleep. It was thus proven that insomnia, as well as good sleep, can be hereditary.
The first SMS message was sent on 3 December 1992 when the programmer Neil Papworth sent a Christmas greetings to his friend Richard Jarvis through the "Vodafone" network.
Grand piano consists of about 12.000 parts.
