The Dark Truth Behind the Recovery of a 500-Year-Old Mummy

The More You Know

• The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour.
• In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
• The majority of polar bears live in Canada—not in the Arctic.
• Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.