Bizarre Shenanigans That You Only Experience On The Subway

The More You Know

• Scorpions are incredibly resilient: scientists have frozen scorpions overnight, left them in the sun the following day, and when thawed, the arthropod walked away unscathed.
• The longest tennis rally lasted over 12 hours.
• War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
• The television was invented only two years after the invention of sliced bread.