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.
Professor Erno Rubik creating the Rubik’s Cube in 1974 as a teaching aid, he spent a month struggling to unscramble it. Max Park take’s 3.13 seconds to solve it in 2023
Nigel Richard, several times champions of the Scrabble Championship in French. He from New Zealand took 9 weeks to memorize all the French words without being able to speak the language he won
Four teenage girls in Africa have invented a generator to produces electricity using urine as fuel. Six hours electricity using a single liter urine.
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
Scientist at Oxford University claimed, students scored higher on mental arithmetic or maths, after a course of gentle electric shocks to the brain
Pelajar terlibat mencatatkan prestasi tinggi dalam matematik
sources :
The Guardian
Reuters
In the past, drive-through facilities were provided for soldiers who could not leave their vehicles while on duty at Fort Huachuca Army Base In 1937, Dick and Mac McDonald established the company named Airdome in California for selling hot dog. The founder of Burger King was inspired by the McDonald’s company.
Dick and Mac McDonald pada 1937 membuka gerai hot dog dengan nama Airdome di California. Pengasas Burger King mendapat ilham dari Syarikat Mcd
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