Every minute, about 72 hours of content is uploaded to the YouTube video site.
It is estimated that every year Mount Everest grows 4 millimeters.
The dam at the world's largest hydroelectric power station,
the Three Gorges Dam in China, would extend the length of the day
by 0.66 microseconds if it operated at full capacity.
This would occur because of the enormous mass of water it holds.
Because of the enormous mass of water it holds, the Three Gorges Dam is
capable of altering the Earth's rotational motion.
During the Supermoon phenomenon, it is estimated that the lunar
diameter can increase by up to 14%.
There is a lamp that has remained on continuously for more than
113 years in the city of Livermore, California.
The human brain is made up of approximately 75% water.
The hot dog is a 15th century German invention.
Some animals, such as kangaroos, do not stop growing even when they
reach adulthood.
Most cows cannot walk down stairs.
On average, an adult breathes 550 liters of pure oxygen daily.
It is estimated that 4% of the world population is left-handed.
The largest word in the Portuguese language refers to a disease caused
by breathing volcanic ash:
Sequoias are trees that can reach 115 meters in height,
12 meters in diameter and about 1400 tons, living more than 4500 years old.
Brazil is the country that has the largest Japanese community
outside Japan. In São Paulo alone there are more
than 600 thousand Japanese living.
The Ethiopian calendar is seven years behind that of other western countries.
The widest avenue in the world, with
14 different lanes, is in Argentina.
9 de Julio Avenue, the widest in the world, is in Argentina.
More than 10% of all the world's biodiversity is found
on the Australian continent.
Russia is the largest country in the world, occupying about
10% of all the land on the planet.
In the Netherlands, it is estimated that the number of bicycles
exceeds three times the number of vehicles.