A full jumbo jet tank has enough fuel to drive a car around the world four times.
The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
Nearly 15 percent of Los Angeles is used as a parking lot.
There are around 2,000 thunderstorms happening on Earth at all times.