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The bobsleigh and luge track used for the 1992 Winter Olympics has 80 km (50 mi) of ammonia refrigeration piping and 40 km (25 mi) of electrical conduit running though its 6500 m³ of concrete. 
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| despite having a run of only 18 months, close to 1.5 million Penny Venetian Red postage stamps were printed in Great Britain between 1880 and 1881. |
| Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford had a father, a grandfather and a son, all with the same name. |
| Nymphaea leibergii is an uncommon North American dwarf waterlily whose flowers open each day and close at night. |
| Abigail Bush, in 1848, was the first American woman to serve as president of a women's rights convention. |
| When the Chinese delicacy Buddha Jumps Over the Wall was introduced to South Korea, the name ignited a controversy in the Buddhist community. |
| Brigadier Generals Winfield Scott and Edmund P. Gaines fought bitterly over a promotion to major general in the United States Regular Army that Colonel Alexander Macomb received instead. |
| Changuu Island, Zanzibar, houses a collection of endangered Aldabra Giant Tortoises (pictured). |
| Michael Jackson was unavailable for the filming of the music video for The Jacksons' song, "Torture", so a wax dummy was used in his place for the video?. |
| Three of Nguyen Anh's generals, Do Thanh Nhon, Chau Van Tiep and Vo Tanh, were called "Gia Định Tam Hùng" (Three Heroes of Gia Dinh) in Vietnamese folk culture. |
| A blister beetle was introduced in Hawaii to trim the wood-boring Sonoran carpenter bee population, but the beetle failed to survive in the islands. |
| In 2001, Dutch musician and artist Herman Brood committed suicide by jumping from the roof of the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel. |
| 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird had the second highest odds of a Derby winner. |
| The recipe for tomato sauce published by Antonio Latini in Naples in 1692 was the very first one. |
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