In 2011, two men paraglided from the summit of Mt. Everest, arriving at a village in 42 minutes and avoiding the dangerous conventional 3 day descent.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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There's a woman named Veronica Seider who had vision 20x better than average. She could identify people more than a mile (1.6km) away.
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Humans are capable of running 40 mph according to a study by bio-mechanical expert Dr. Matthew Bundle. Today's fastest man, Usain Bolt, has a top speed of 28 mph.
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