Chances are you’re familiar with several stories about giants, including the biblical Goliath who the young lad David slew with a single stone hurled from his trusty slingshot.
According to his description in 1 Samuel 17, Goliath’s incredible height was “six cubits and a span”. That equates to a mind-boggling 9 feet and 9 inches!
I know, it’s hard to imagine a human being ever managing to grow to a height of 9 feet. After all, even the tallest NBA players are over a foot shorter than that.
But truth be told, on extremely rare occasions humans do grow to about that height.
In fact, it happened right here in the United States as recently as the early 20th century! Read on for the story of a truly fascinating man…
Some of the most crucial (and most difficult) computations in the field of space travel are used to determine the trajectories and orbits of rockets and other types of space vehicles.
As you probably know, the California Gold Rush created tremendous wealth and made lots of people rich.
Can you imagine what your life would be like if you had the ability to remember virtually every little detail that ever happened on every day of your life?
You’ve no doubt seen this picture of Sammy Griner, the cute little toddler sporting the confident and determined look that has inspired thousands of Internet memes since the photo was taken in 2007.