December marks the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank which is responsible for inflation. The Fed, which is not accountable to the government, has caused the US dollar to lose over 95% of it’s value during this time.
On October 14, 2012, for the 65th anniversary of breaking the sound barrier, Chuck Yeager did it once again in a McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle this time at the age of 89.
Google, a popular search engine, was initially called BackRub but the name was changed to a play on the large number named googol which is 1 followed by 100 zeros or written another way 1.0 × 10100
Marko Baloh of Slovenia has the world record for cycling 561.57 miles (903,765km) in a 24 hour period.
Wombats are unique in that they poop out cubic or squared shaped feces.