Attila the Hun died from getting a nosebleed on his
wedding night.
If the atoms in a human body were enlarged to the size of a golf ball, the
distance between the nuclei would be 2,000 miles!
Most people develop their accents between ages 3 and 7.
According to one historian, Jenny Wade, age 19, was the only civilian casualty
during the battle of Gettysburg. She was killed by a Confederate sniper’s
misplaced shot while baking bread in her sister’s kitchen.
A species of bat, Mystacina tuberculata, doesn’t fly very much because its
island home has become relatively free from predators. The insects they prey
upon are flightless as well.
This article appears in September 20 • 1996 and September 20 • 1996 (Cover).