Math can be downright interesting! For example, most mathematical equations were written in words before the 16th century! Could you imagine what that must have looked like?!
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When he was 8, Andy Warhol was bedridden due to a nerve disease. He stayed home and listened to the radio, learning all about celebrities. Many believe this incident influenced his art. He later created his iconic ‘Campbell’s Soup Cans’ series, allegedly having eaten the soup for lunch every day for 20 years!
When Maria Paraskeva got married, she wanted to set a world record. Ever since she was a little girl, Paraskeva dreamt of breaking the Guinness World Record title for the longest wedding veil. So, when her big day arrived, she wore a lace veil stretching for 22, 843 feet, setting a new record. That’s the length of 63.5 football fields!
The word ‘bankrupt’ comes the Italian ‘banca rotta’, which literally means ‘broken bench’. This refers to the early days of banking in Italy, where the public marketplace would take place literally at the bench. If the banker ran out of money or behaved badly, his bench would be smashed to smithereens.
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When he was 8, Andy Warhol was bedridden due to a nerve disease. He stayed home and listened to the radio, learning all about celebrities. Many believe this incident influenced his art. He later created his iconic ‘Campbell’s Soup Cans’ series, allegedly having eaten the soup for lunch every day for 20 years!
When Maria Paraskeva got married, she wanted to set a world record. Ever since she was a little girl, Paraskeva dreamt of breaking the Guinness World Record title for the longest wedding veil. So, when her big day arrived, she wore a lace veil stretching for 22, 843 feet, setting a new record. That’s the length of 63.5 football fields!
The word ‘bankrupt’ comes the Italian ‘banca rotta’, which literally means ‘broken bench’. This refers to the early days of banking in Italy, where the public marketplace would take place literally at the bench. If the banker ran out of money or behaved badly, his bench would be smashed to smithereens.
The Beetle is known for being a pretty compact, but cute, car. A trained group of climbers achieved a truly unbelievable world record when 57 of them climbed inside a single Volkswagen Beetle! They used up literally every inch of the cabin. Talk about a tight squeeze. Can you imagine?
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