Single mother travelled to Panama for operation to turn brown eyes blue… and was almost blinded

We tend to hold inventors in high esteem, but often their discoveries were the result of an accident or twist of fate. This is true of many everyday items, including the following surprise inventions.

Again, the license of the Lacedaemonian women defeats the intention of the Spartan constitution, and is adverse to the happiness of the state. For, a husband and wife being each a part of every family, the state may be considered as about equally divided into men and women; and, therefore, in those states in which [...]

An unusual celestial vanishing act will take place the night of Sept. 2 when all four of Jupiter’s largest moons will be hidden from our view.
The event will occur on a night when Jupiter happens to be positioned very close to Earth’s moon in the southeastern sky. The two objects, though very far apart in [...]

Often finding herself hit by scandals, Miley says “I’m not here to say that I’m perfect because I’m far from that, as we all are.”

About 50 Bibles are sold every minute.
Christianity is the world’s most widespread religion (2.1 billion Christians – see list of largest religions).
There are about 34,000 Christian denominations in the world.
The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.
The Slavonic Orthodox Church has twice as many adherents as the Baptist Church.
The 12 disciples [...]

Bolivia holds the highest turnover of governments. Since their independence from Spain in 1825, Bolivia has had almost 200 governments. Since 1945, Italy saw more than 50 governments and more than 20 Prime Ministers.
Half the world’s population earns about 5% of the world’s wealth.
India is the world’s largest democracy with more than 600 million voters.
The [...]

In the West the most popular male names are James and John. The most popular female name is Mary.
The name Wendy was first used in JM Barrie’s Peter Pan.
There are about 5,000 prince and princesses in each Saudi Arabian royal.
Lady Peseshet of Ancient Egypt (2600-2100 BC) is the world’s first known female physician.
The 16th century [...]

To win a gold disc, an album needs to sell 100,000 copies in Britain, and 500,000 in the United States

Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of television in 1926 in Soho, London. Ten years later there were only 100 TV sets in the world.
Today there are more than 1,5 billion TV sets in use.
China has the most TV sets (300 million).
US citizens watch the most TV. By age 65, an [...]