Dominoes dates back to the 12th century! It was played in China during the Yuan Dynasty and was referred to as 'pupai'!
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George Clooney auditioned for the role of JD in ‘Thelma & Louise’ but it ultimately went to a then relatively unknown Brad Pitt! Clooney jokingly said he couldn’t bear watching the film because he was still upset that he wasn’t given the part. But what if he’d gotten it? Would Brad Pitt have risen to fame?
What’s the first and only band to play on all seven continents? If you guessed Metallica, you’re right! The heavy metal band set this record after they performed at Argentina’s Carlini Station in Antarctica. They played before an audience of 120 scientists inside a small dome.
There are over 17 million articles on Wikipedia, making it the largest encyclopedia put together, taking the crown away from the Yongle encyclopedia, which had held the record for 600 years! In order to keep the entries up-to-date, there have been over one billion edits on Wikipedia!
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George Clooney auditioned for the role of JD in ‘Thelma & Louise’ but it ultimately went to a then relatively unknown Brad Pitt! Clooney jokingly said he couldn’t bear watching the film because he was still upset that he wasn’t given the part. But what if he’d gotten it? Would Brad Pitt have risen to fame?
What’s the first and only band to play on all seven continents? If you guessed Metallica, you’re right! The heavy metal band set this record after they performed at Argentina’s Carlini Station in Antarctica. They played before an audience of 120 scientists inside a small dome.
There are over 17 million articles on Wikipedia, making it the largest encyclopedia put together, taking the crown away from the Yongle encyclopedia, which had held the record for 600 years! In order to keep the entries up-to-date, there have been over one billion edits on Wikipedia!
In 2015, the number of emails sent and received per day totaled over 205 billion, which means almost 2.4 million emails were sent every second, or some 74 trillion emails were sent every year.
Around 40% of the world population has an Internet connection today; 20 years ago, it was less than 1%.
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