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Large supersonic aircraft produce a “double” sonic boom. faqbite.com/?p=13

The International Space Station orbits inside Earth's atmosphere in the region known as the Thermosphere. faqbite.com/?p=404

LEGO was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1934. The name comes from the Danish phrase "leg godt", meaning "play well."

The modern Olympic Games were founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin. The first games were held in Athens in 1896.

The Sperm Whale is the largest toothed animal in the world. It is also the world's largest predator.

Julius Caesar took power in Rome, enacted reforms causing the 'Roman Republic' becoming the 'Roman Empire' under his son Octavius (Augustus)

Although the triode was invented in 1906, its amplification capabilities were not discovered until 1912.

LSD is a powerful hallucinogen and psychedelic originally synthesized from ergot fungus on Nov 16, 1938 by Albert Hoffman.

There are five levels of hazard control: Elimination, Substitution, Engineering, Administrative Control, Personal Protective Equipment.

White pepper is the inside of the pepper seed with skin removed. It tastes different because it lacks flavour compounds present in the skin.

As of 2016, Rudyard Kipling is the youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was 42 at the time.

Nile River is regarded longest river in the world - about 6,650km (4,132mi) long. But, depending on how measured, Amazon River may be longer

Mathematician Kurt Gödel starved to death when his wife was hospitalized because he wouldn't eat food prepared by anyone else.

S.A. Andrée tried to reach the North Pole by balloon from Norway on 11 July 1897. The balloon crashed two days later.

The number 9,814,072,356 is the largest square number in which the digits 0 through 9 appear only only once. Its square root is 99,066.

Atmospheric oxygen is believed to have peaked at 35% during the Carboniferous Period (359–299 million years ago). It is currently 21%.

Sirimavo Bandaranaik was first woman elected as head of government (1960). She was Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

Claques in 19th century France predate the laugh track. They were people paid to applaud, laugh, cheer at strategic times during a show.

Welsh boxer Johnny Basham was charged with manslaughter when his opponent Harry Price died after an 11th round knock-out on 21-August-1913.