Fascinating Facts and Trivia

(20-12-2018 03:12 )GreenMachine Wrote:  William Shatner has never seen an episode of Star Trek, although he did direct one episode but only saw bits of it.

I don't think this is strictly true. William Shatner directed the film 'Star Trek V: The Final Frontier', but did not direct any TV episodes.

Football manager/coach Roy Hodgson plays the harmonica.

In Sweden,workers often go clubbing during their lunch hour.The “lunch disco" events include a 60 minute set from a DJ and a takeaway meal.

The lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth was at Russia’s Vostok station, at a bone chilling -126.8F on July 21, 1983.

The largest confirmed stalagmite in the world is in Cuba in the Cueva San Martin Infierno. It is 220 feet tall.

On May 8,1978 climbers Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler became the first to summit Everest without the aid of oxygen.

The deepest point on the ocean floor is at 35,813 feet below the surface in the Mariana Trench.

A single lightning discharge can heat the air to 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

The winter solstice will take place at 22.23pm today.

The first photo of Earth from space was taken on October 24,1946