In July 1874, a swarm of Rocky Mountain locusts flew over Nebraska covering an area estimated at 198,600 square miles. It is estimated that the swarm contained about 12.5 trillion insects. These insects became extinct thirty years later.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The parachute was invented by DiVinci in 1515.

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