John Carpenter, contestant on ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ faces the final question to successfully win the 1 million dollar prize. He still has 3 lifelines. He then calls his father not to ask for an answer, but to inform that he will win 1 million dollars. He was the first person to win 1 million dollars.
World’s worst traffic congestion. The traffic jam slowed the thousands of vehicles for more than 100km. Cars moved at the speed of 1km per day, lasted for 12 days on China National Highway 110 (G110)
Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster, was the first player to win a chess game against computer
Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man, records 100 meters = 9.58 seconds, 200 meters = 19.19 seconds. Estimated Olympic run time 115 seconds, 8 gold medals worth $119 million, average income more than $1 million per second (RM4.72 million/second) but for those 115 seconds, he trained himself for 20+ years.
Reference :
olympics.com
wikipedia
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https://olympics.com/en/news/usain-bolt-my-200m-world-record-will-be-broken-first-before-100m
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usain_Bolt
Michael Nicholson, a man from Michigan, has 30 degrees 1 bachelor’s degree 2 associates degrees 23 master’s degree 3 specialist degree 1 doctoral degree He stayed in school ofr 55 years straight
The longest straight road in the world is situated in Saudi Arabia, 1,116 km
The longest road without an exit and entrance is 200km in the desert/desert in Death Valley National Park, California
In December 1963/January 1964, 17-years-old Gardner stayed awake for 11 days and 24 minutes
Japan sets the record for the fastest internet in the world, a speed of 319 terabits per second. You can download 50,000 movies in 1 second
In Malaysia, the birth rate is highest in October, which causes a shortage of hospital beds.
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