Ramasamy Letchemanah
In 1990, c in Kuala Lumpur 17m (56ft), setting a new world record. His abilities were passed on to his daughter, who pulled a truck with her hair in 2002.
A massive flamingo sculpture at Tampa Airport creates a surreal underwater illusion.
Ostriches have the largest eyes of any land animal—great for spotting danger on the savanna.
These common veggies don’t grow in the wild—they were bred from wild cabbage.
A theory suggests a second moon once orbited Earth—until it crashed into the Moon we know today.
In 2018, a typo at Samsung Securities triggered a $100B stock error—causing chaos and a sharp price drop.
A Nigerian fisherman unknowingly caught a rare blue marlin—worth millions—but shared it with his village instead.
Jupiter’s moon Ganymede may have more water than Earth—beneath its frozen surface.
Legend says the Chesterfield was designed to keep coats crisp and catch cigar ash in its folds.
Built in 312 BC, this Roman road has stood the test of time.
Daisugi is a 14th-century Japanese pruning method that produces straight lumber while keeping the parent tree alive and intact.
Messi sent a signed jersey to a boy who wore one made from a plastic bag.
Triton’s backward orbit hints it was captured, not born with Neptune.
A new rubber horseshoe from Australia offers comfort, grip, and flexibility—no nails required
Doha, Qatar is the first city to use blue roads to lower asphalt temperatures by up to 20°C.
Superstition leads many skyscrapers to skip labeling the 13th floor—though it still exists physically.
The packaging problems of round fruit can be solved by making them square. In Korea, some apples are grown in plastic moulds so they take on a square shape.
Avocados contain persin, which is toxic to many animals.
Snow gum trees reveal colorful bark streaks as outer layers peel and oxidize at different stages.
Tom Hanks is Abraham Lincoln’s third cousin, four generations removed.
In 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patented riveted jeans to reinforce stress points for hard-working miners.
The arteries of a blue whale are so massive, a human could swim through the largest ones.
