Will Wight, the creator of the iconic gaming franchise, suffered a tragic house fire in 1991, where he lost everything to the flames.

After that, he had a vision of rebuilding his house, which led him to think of a game where one would create a “virtual dollhouse,” and from that, The Sims was born.

On statues, a horse’s legs tell you how the statue figure died.
If a horse has both its front legs in the air, then the person died in battle.

If the horse has one of its front legs in the air, they died of wounds received from a battle.

And if the horse has both its front legs on the ground, then the person died of natural causes.

Almost 30% of the world’s gold reserves are held in a vault underneath the island of Manhattan. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York takes up a full block between Maiden Lane and William, Liberty and Nassau streets, and it holds the world's largest gold depository. Only 5% of the USA’s gold reserves are kept there though—the rest belongs to international banks like the IMF.

For their first month of living, babies only see in black & white.
They also only see silhouettes and are unable to focus on items just after their birth.

This is because their retinal nerve cells aren’t fully established yet, and they lack the capability to process visual information

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Genghis Khan’s Tomb
Living from the mid 12th century to the early 13th, Genghis Khan is the infamous instigator of the Mongol Empire, which was the largest connective empire in history. After taking over much of the known world, Khan died under unknown circumstances and was returned to his home country of Mongolia. Legend has it that the funeral procession killed anyone who witnessed it in order to keep his final resting place a secret.

American Katie Ledecky became history’s most-decorated female swimmer. Meanwhile, celebrated gymnast Simone Biles won two more gold medals this week, with a chance for more.

Kuwait invaded
Iraq invaded Kuwait on this day in 1990, and Saddam Hussein's subsequent refusal to withdraw his troops sparked the Persian Gulf War, in which an international force led by the United States quickly defeated Iraq.

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Lunar Roving Vehicle first used on the Moon 👩🏻‍🚀👨🏽‍🚀
On this day in 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts James B. Irwin and David Scott first used the four-wheeled battery-powered Lunar Roving Vehicle to extensively explore the Moon's surface, in particular the Hadley-Apennine site.

Beginning of World War I
Using the assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand as a pretext to present Serbia with an unacceptable ultimatum, Austria-Hungary declared war on the Slavic country on this day in 1914, sparking World War I.

Did you know flamingos are not born pink? Young flamingos flaunt grey/white colour feathers and only develop their pinkish hue after delving into a diet of first their mother's crop milk, and then brine shrimp and blue-green algae – food that would likely kill other animals. Thanks to their specialized metabolism, the birds are able to process these harmful chemicals in the liver, breaking them down into functional components and pigments. It's these pigments that eventually stain a flamingo's feathers – and that's not all. Their skin, mucous membranes, egg yolks and even fat are stained pink and similar colours like orange.

Myth: Opossums sleep hanging by their tails. You've probably seen cartoons—maybe even photos—of opossums lounging upside-down from their tails. While opossum tails are strong enough to grasp branches and even hold the animals' weight for a short period, adults are too heavy for their tails to support them for long, so they can't stay like that while sleeping

Myth: Water conducts electricity. While this is a science myth, it doesn't mean you should bring your toaster in the bath with you. The reason you shouldn't swim in a lightning storm doesn't have to do with the water itself. Pure water is actually an insulator, which means it doesn't conduct electricity. The danger comes from the minerals and chemicals in it, which are made up of electrically charged ions. While pure water is theoretically safe around electricity, it's nearly impossible to find in the real world because even distilled water has ions

During the filming of Rocky IV, Stallone suggested that Dolph Lundgren, who played the role of Soviet boxer Ivan Drago, fight for real so that the fight scene would look as believable as possible.

As a result, after one of Lundgren’s blows, Stallone was taken to the hospital, where he recovered for 8 days.

In 2013, after a Detroit couple divorced, and the ex-wife remarried the man she had an affair with, the ex-husband, Alan Markovitz, a well-known strip club owner, decided to buy the house right next to the couple, and put up a giant middle finger statue aimed in their direction. Spotlights on the 12-foot-high bronze statue make sure it can be viewed at all hours. "I'm so over her," Markovitz said. "This is about him. This is about him not being a man." The statue cost roughly $7,000 and is installed in the back garden

Strawberries aren't berries. Neither are raspberries and blackberries, according to botanists. True berries stem from one single-ovary flower and have two or more seeds. Strawberries don't fit that bill, but bananas, kiwis, and watermelon do

Twice a year, a hatch in a busy Lisbon street opens to reveal steps leading to one of the Portuguese capital's most ancient sites: a 2,000-year-old site known as the Roman Galleries. Dating back to the first century AD, the "cryptoportico" subterranean maze of tunnels and passageways was built by the Romans, who occupied the city then known as Olissipo beginning around 200 BC. The city remained under Roman control for several centuries. It opens up for only a few days in April and September each year. The space is usually flooded due to an aquifer running beneath the city. The water, which is essential for its preservation, must be pumped out to allow access. Tickets to visit the galleries usually sell out within 15 minutes.

Many toothpaste companies advertise activated charcoal toothpastes. Activated charcoal is a fine powder created by heating carbon-rich materials like wood at extremely high temperatures. Many believe that charcoal toothpaste is excellent for teeth-whitening and can even strengthen the teeth. Dentists, on the other hand, advise us to avoid charcoal toothpaste because there is no scientific evidence to support these claims. Charcoal can weaken and remove tooth enamel, causing gum recession.

One of the largest earthquakes on record struck the southern coast of Chile, killing about 5,700 people and creating seismic sea waves that caused death and destruction in distant Pacific coastal areas, notably Japan and Hawaii.

🐶 Many people die under snow avalanches in Switzerland. Rescue dogs are your chance. The photographer who took this picture got lucky and was saved by a dog