France had its own calendar for only 12 years starting in 1792. Each week had 10 days, each day 10 hours, each hour 100 minutes, and each minute 100 seconds.
The tiny white dots you can see when looking at a bright blue sky are actually white blood cells moving in front of the retina.
Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden is the largest spherical building in the world with a diameter of 110 meters and a volume of 605,000 cubic meters.
The architect behind the Eiffel Tower, Gustave Eiffel, had an apartment for himself at the top of the Eiffel Tower.
Canada didn’t become an independent country until 1982.
“The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job.”
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
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