Some MLB games have had very low attendance, including the Baltimore Orioles vs. Chicago White Sox game in 2015 which had no fans due to civil unrest. The Seattle Mariners vs. Oakland Athletics game in 1979 had only 250 fans due to bad weather. The New York Yankees vs. Chicago White Sox game in 1966 […]
Fort Roughs was a WWII anti-aircraft platform in international waters, later taken over by Paddy Roy Bates who declared it the Principality of Sealand in 1967. The micro-state still exists today but is officially in British territorial waters and was denied island status by the United Nations in 1994. Fort Roughs was originally erected in […]
Mongolia was a powerful empire in the 13th century, with naval power under Kublai Khan. Today, Mongolia has a peaceful foreign policy and a navy consisting of one tug that patrols Lake Khövsgöl. The lake contains 70% of Mongolia’s freshwater resources and is home to a crew of seven sailors, only one of whom can […]
Just Room Enough Island, located in the Thousand Islands off Alexandria Bay, is the smallest inhabited island in the world at just 3,300 square feet. It was purchased by the Sizeland family in the 1950s and is now a popular tourist attraction. There are 1,864 islands in the North American island chain known as the […]
The smallest countries in the world are located in Europe, Oceania, and North America. The smallest countries by land mass include Holy See/Vatican City, Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Cook Islands, Niue, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Maldives, and Malta. The smallest countries by population include Holy See/Vatican City, Niue, Tuvalu, Nauru, Palau, […]
James Madison was the shortest and lightest US president, at 5’4″ and 100lbs. Warren G. Harding had the biggest feet, FDR used a wheelchair, John Tyler had the most children, and 4 presidents were assassinated. James Madison was both the shortest and lightest president of the United States. He was only 5’4″ tall (about 162cm) […]
The W54, weighing only 51 pounds, was the smallest nuclear weapon known to the public. A critical mass of plutonium is approximately 10.5 kg, and increasing it by 10% can create a nuclear weapon with a yield of 10-20 tons. The smallest nuclear weapons’ yield would be in this range, but their existence is likely […]
Genomes are the molecular blueprint of every living organism, with the human genome having approximately 3 billion base pairs and 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. Parasites have the smallest genomes of any multicellular organism due to genetic rationalization. The smallest genomes ever discovered belong to obligate symbionts, with the smallest free-living organism genome belonging to Mycoplasma genitalium […]
Cornell University researchers created a miniature guitar using crystalline silicon, 10 microns long with six strings about 100 atoms wide each. It can be played with miniature lasers using an atomic force microscope and produces a 40 megahertz signal. The guitar was created to publicize nanotechnology. It’s said to be the world’s smallest musical instrument, […]
Nuclear bombs can have a wide range of yields, with hydrogen bombs being more energetic than atomic bombs. The smallest nuclear explosions are “fizzles,” with the smallest recorded yield being 55 tons. Nuclear explosions with yields of a few tens of tons are still larger than almost all conventional weapon explosions. The largest nuclear explosion, […]
The smallest number divisible by 1-10 is 2.520. It’s found by multiplying the unique factors between 1-10 (9, 8, 7, and 5). Algebra is a mathematical concept with real-life applications. If you’re a math genius, or even someone who paid attention to high school algebra, you probably figured this out pretty easily. And if not, […]
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin created the world’s smallest test tube in 2009, using carbon and a germanium wire with a gold tip, viewed under an electron microscope to observe materials melting when exposed to heat. The tubes can reach one-thousandth the diameter of a strand of human hair. In 2009, researchers […]
