The V2 rocket, a 45 foot tall Nazi designed liquid fueled rocket, carried enough alcohol for 66,130 dry martini’s.
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in 2015 there was over 400 hours of content
In 2015, there was over 400 hours of content uploaded to Youtube every minute. In 2014, that number was 300 hours of content per minute.
Source: https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/07/26/youtube-400-hours-content-every-minute/
psys gangnam style music video on youtube
Psy’s Gangnam Style music video on Youtube exceeded the maximum number of views (2,147,483,647) on YouTube since a 32-bit integer was used. View count is now stored as a 64-bit integer which can have a maximum number of 9,223,372,036,854,775,808.
the recently bankrupted city of detroit
The recently bankrupted city of Detroit temporarily stopped printing death certificates in 2013 because it ran out of the specially embossed paper and the supplier wouldn’t take credit anymore.
when ivan the terribles son dmitri died a bell
When Ivan the Terrible’s son Dmitri died, a bell was rung in Uglich to mark the death. The bell was later lashed, tried for treason, found guilty and exiled to Siberia.
Source: http://nicholaskotar.com/2017/05/30/curse-prince-dmitry-uglich/
the singular of spaghetti is spaghetto
The singular of spaghetti is spaghetto.
Source: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/spaghetto-singular-for-spaghetti
a new study found that california has a mini
A new study found that California has a mini earthquake (less than a magnitude of 1 on the Richter scale) roughly once every three minutes.
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/04/every-three-minutes-one-earthquake-california/
the british call a ladybug a ladybird they also
The British call a ladybug a ladybird. They also have a variety of species including the 2-spot, 7-spot, 10-spot, and 14-spot ladybird, but they all can have a random number of spots e.g. the 2-spot ladybird can have upto 16 black or red spots.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2013/jul/22/ladybird-species-harlequin-uk-insects
a chinese farmer who always wanted his own plane
A Chinese farmer who always wanted his own plane built a full-scale, non-working replica of an Airbus A320 out of 50 tons of steel. It took him and friends 2 years at a cost of $400,000.
Source: https://www.rt.com/news/448452-china-airbus-large-model/