Six Georgia inmates on work detail saved an unconscious deputy instead of escaping. They called 911 with his phone, and were later rewarded with a pizza party and recommended for reduced sentences.
Sony used air mortars to shoot 250,000 bouncy balls down San Francisco hills for a commercial instead of using CGI

In 1998, Honduras built a bridge over the Choluteca River, but Hurricane Mitch rerouted the river.

Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye, a Nigerian pediatric surgeon, made history by performing a rare fetal surgery at just 23 weeks of pregnancy. He temporarily removed the baby from the womb, excised a tumor from the tailbone, and safely returned the fetus. Months later, child was born healthy.

When a specific nerve cord is severed, a mosquito has no sense of being full. It will continue to consume blood until it quadruples its body weight, whereupon it explodes.
A “Butt Load” is an actual unit of measurement that equals 128 gallons

Pandas are the most docile species of bears relatively speaking and have a low aggression rate alongside a primarily vegetarian diet.
A photo of forest refracted in a drop of water.

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