In 1948, the committee responsible for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize chose no one, stating that there was no suitable living candidate, mostly as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi who was assassinated earlier that year.

England’s Big Ben is actually leaning to the northwest by .26 degrees, putting it out of alignment at its highest point by 1.6 feet. It was discovered when Transport for London commissioned a report that discovered the London clay on which the tower was built was drying out, causing the lean.

People who are in love can actually synchronize their heartbeats just by gazing into each other’s eyes.

An Abu-Dhabi oil sheik named Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan carved his name in the desert in letters that are over 3,280 feet long.