Limpopok

13/02/2023

An electric car named “The Phoenix” holds Guinness world record for the longest driven distance on a single charge which is 1600 kilometers. It was built almost exclusively out of recycled parts and cost less than $14,000.

13/02/2023

At least 22 million gallons of water is trapped in plastic bottles and thrown into landfills annually in the US alone.

10/02/2023

10/02/2023

On July 1, 1916, at the Battle of the Somme, a charge of 60,000 lbs. of explosives was detonated creating a crater that was 300 feet across and 90 feet deep. The explosion, which occurred in France was heard as far away as London and was the loudest man-made sound in history at the time.

08/02/2023

French criminal Albert Spaggiari was caught after his gang stole 60 million francs worth of valuables from a bank. At his trial, he distracted the judge, jumped out of a window and escaped on a motorcycle specially set up for him. He was never caught again and died a free man.

26/01/2023

Garlic Knots were invented to prevent waste. In 1973, a Pizzeria in Queens, New York came up with the garlic knot as a way of not wasting leftover pizza dough scraps. They became an instant hit.