The highest ever recorded ski jump is over 253 meters, achieved by Stefan Kraft in 2017.

Nothing can travel faster than light in a vacuum.

Fact #1777 · General

In 2008, a Norwegian town experienced a strange spiral light in the sky caused by a missile test.

Fact #781 · General

Pompeii was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.

Fact #1634 · General

In 1971, a hijacker known as D.B. Cooper parachuted from a plane and was never conclusively identified.

Fact #784 · General

Humans tend to remember unfinished tasks better than completed ones.

Fact #961 · General

The NSA was officially established in 1952.

Fact #1080 · General

The Gulf of Tonkin incident was later shown to involve disputed reports of attacks.

Fact #1046 · General

Sinkholes can form when underground rock dissolves.

Fact #827 · General