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05-09-2020, 07:52 AM
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 In 2008, a man in Japan bought a nearly black Densuke watermelon for ¥650,000 or $6,125. The specialty fruit is only grown on the island of Hokkaido and, according to a Japanese agricultural expert in the Los Angeles Times, is crisp and hard with "a different level of sweetness" than the watermelon we're used to eating. 
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05-09-2020, 07:55 AM
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 Frank Duryea reached a top speed of 7 mph when he raced the second car he had ever built with his brother, Charles, on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1895. The Chicago-Times Herald sponsored race featured a 54-mile course that ran from downtown Chicago to Evanston and back.
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05-09-2020, 07:56 AM
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 Antarctica is covered in a sheet of ice that's 7,000 feet thick.
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05-09-2020, 07:57 AM
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 "Arachibutyrophobia" is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
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05-09-2020, 07:58 AM
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 One of the largest pyramids in the world is a Bass Pro Shops in Memphis, Tennessee.
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05-09-2020, 07:59 AM
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 Fictional Marvel characters aren't the only beings with superhero-like powers. A few lucky mice were given the ability to see perfectly in the dark when scientists utilized nanoparticles that convert infrared light to visible light. The same method could be used to give humans the same night-vision superpower sometime in the future. We'll just have to wait and see.
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05-09-2020, 08:01 AM
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 A lifeboat drill was canceled the morning of the Titanic tragedy.
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05-09-2020, 08:02 AM
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 Lady Liberty wears a size 879 shoe.
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05-09-2020, 08:04 AM
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 Almost half the world's population watched both the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup games.
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05-09-2020, 08:06 AM
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 Not every celestial object has a shape that's as perfectly majestic as planet Earth. In fact, some of them are downright hilarious to look at. Take Haumea, for example. This dwarf planet is cool for a number of reasons. About the same size as Pluto, Haumea orbits the sun beyond Neptune and has rings similar to Jupiter. But what makes this object even more interesting is that it's shaped like a potato.
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