In 2012, as phone booths become increasingly obsolete because of mobile phones, a Japanese artist has turned several booths in Osaka into aquariums.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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Paul McCartney dreamed the melody of "Yesterday" one night and immediately wrote the music the next morning. He then looked around for a month to make sure that he didn't subconsciously plagiarize it from somebody else.
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In major cities like Brooklyn and London, there are fake townhouses that hide subterranean chimney vents, emergency subway exits, and more. Camouflaged in plain sight, they normally go unnoticed within their architectural surroundings.
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In 2006, a woman was found in her London flat, skeletonized, after 3 years of being dead – with the TV still running.
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The highest speed ever achieved on a bicycle was 167.04 mph by Fred Rompelberg in 1995.
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An artist in Iowa named Patrick Acton built a complete model of Hogwarts out of matchsticks.
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