A baseball has exactly 108 stitches.

The Dutch Golden Age saw major trade and artistic achievements.

The fastest Olympic swim races are completed in under 25 seconds.

The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest particle accelerator.

High jumpers use the Fosbury Flop — jumping backwards over the bar — introduced by Dick Fosbury at the 1968 Olympics.

The first Olympic marathon winner, Spiridon Louis, was a Greek shepherd who had never trained formally.

The lost city of Ubar is mentioned in Arabian legends.

Photography was originally called 'sun painting' — the word comes from Greek for 'light writing.'

The first text message was sent in 1992 and read 'Merry Christmas'.