Nike's slogan "Just do it" was inspired by the last words of a man about to be executed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_G...ultural_impact
Qatar's 2022 World Cup will take more lives than 9/11 due to horrible working conditions for migrant workers building stadiums and infrastructure.
https://deadspin.com/report-qatars-w...s-t-1550257688
Nike's slogan "Just do it" was inspired by the last words of a man about to be executed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_G...ultural_impact
The world's oldest prosthetic limb belongs to an Egyptian woman, that was outfitted with a wooden toe prosthesis in approximately 1000 B.C.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...big-toe-no-go/
Neil Armstrong had to go through U.S. customs after returning from the moon.
Plants can suffer from ***ually transmitted diseases.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...-one-12568295/
Britain boasts the largest Indian restaurant in the world, The Aakash, which can seat up to 750 people in one sitting.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...we-love-231230
The tallest man living is Sultan Kosen from Turkey, measuring 2.51 m or 8 ft 3 in.
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The Victorians saw child labour as a normal part of working life. Most children started work underground when they were around eight years old, but some were as young as five. They would work the same hours as adults, sometimes longer, at jobs that paid far less.
...The trapper was often the youngest member of the family working underground. Their job was simple: to open and close the wooden doors (trap doors) that allowed fresh air to flow through the mine. They would usually sit in total darkness for up to twelve hours at a time, waiting to let the coal tub through the door. It was not hard work but it was boring and could be very dangerous. If they fell asleep, the safety of the whole workings could be affected.
Sarah Gooder, aged eight, was used as a 'trapper'.
'I have to trap without a light and I'm scared,' she told the inspector. 'I go at four and sometimes half-past three in the morning, and come out at five-and-half-past … Sometimes I sing when I've light, but not in the dark. I don't like being in the pit.'
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Most of New Zealand's population of 4.5 million is of European descent. The indigenous Maori are the largest minority at almost 15%.
The Amazon River once flowed in the opposite direction, from east to west.
https://www.iflscience.com/physics/a...gured-out-why/