Washington, D.C. is home to a lot of impressive architecture. Did you know that one of the gargoyles of the National Cathedral is Darth Vader?
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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!
Beneath the city of Cincinnati, Ohio is a huge labyrinth of tunnels and stations. The subway system was proposed in the 1910s as an upgrade of the streetcar system. Construction was interrupted in the turbulent years that followed, and never resumed because of inflation and politics.
Being scatterbrained and disorganised can be annoying to people around you – but there’s a strong correlation between chronic disorganisation and higher intelligence and creativity. Scatterbrained people also have a broader-than-average range of interests, and when they come across as know-it-alls, that’s probably because, well, they know it all.
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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!
Beneath the city of Cincinnati, Ohio is a huge labyrinth of tunnels and stations. The subway system was proposed in the 1910s as an upgrade of the streetcar system. Construction was interrupted in the turbulent years that followed, and never resumed because of inflation and politics.
Being scatterbrained and disorganised can be annoying to people around you – but there’s a strong correlation between chronic disorganisation and higher intelligence and creativity. Scatterbrained people also have a broader-than-average range of interests, and when they come across as know-it-alls, that’s probably because, well, they know it all.
Unborn babies are able to hear music that is played outside the womb. It has even been shown that a fetus’s heart-rate can be affected by music. Premature babies who listened to lullabies exhibited slower heart rates and higher caloric intake, demonstrating that their moods were most likely enhanced.
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