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Coke was the first soft drink to be consumed in outer space

Coke was the first soft drink to be consumed in outer space

On July 12, 1985, astronauts tested the “Coca-Cola Space Can” aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. Six years later, on August 26, 1991, the Company and Soviet space agency NPO Energia successfully tested the Coca-Cola Space Can on board the Soviet space station Mir. The third trip was in February 1995, when diet Coke became the first diet soft drink in space...

History of Atom Bombs that were Dropped on Japan's Hiroshima & NagaSAki by US during World War II

The atom bombs that were dropped on Japan were code-named:
The Little Boy Bomb:
Dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, it was the first nuclear weapon used in a war.
The Fat Man Bomb:
Dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, it was the second nuclear weapon used in a war.

In the pic: At the National Atomic Energy Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, representative weapon casings for the Little Boy and Fat Man type weapons are on display.

History of Cricket Bats

The first recorded use of a cricket bat was in 1624.The first cricket bats resembled the modern hockey stick. The first bats were very heavy at the base with a thin shaft. Cricket rules placed no restrictions on what size and shape the bat needed to be, however, there were gentlemen's agreements on the size and width of the bat...

14-year-old Elisany Silva from Brazil is 6ft. 9inches tall (206cm)

14-year-old Elisany Silva from Brazil is 6ft. 9inches tall (206cm) likely has a gigantism, Marfan Syndrome, or some other medical condition that causes abnormal height, but Elisany Silva’s family can’t afford a doctor to get a proper diagnosis. The poor girl can’t go to school anymore (she doesn’t fit on the bus), and she has the misfortune of sticking out everywhere she goes, which, as any 14-year-old girls knows, can be a real nightmare.

Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese sergeant in World War II

Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese sergeant in World War II refused to surrender to U.S. forces after WWII. Instead, he hid in Guam for 27 years., returned to Japan in 1972, 27 years after World War II ended. Two American hunters discovered Yokoi in the jungle in Guam. They turned him over to the police, and he was sent back home. He had been hiding in the jungle rather than surrender to U.S. forces at the end of the war.

Yoichi was living in a cave, eating fish and rats, and made clothes out of tree bark. Like other Japanese troops, he was trained to fight to the death and told that surrendering was shameful. Upon returning to Japan he discovered that he had been declared dead in 1944.

The Japan that he came back to was very different than the one he left. He had never heard of jet planes, television, or the atomic bomb. ”I am ashamed that I have returned alive,” he said.

Judge ordered an Irish tycoon to repay 417 million Euro ($560 million) in bank loans.

DUBLIN (AP) — A judge has ordered an Irish tycoon to repay 417 million Euro ($560 million) in bank loans.

Sean Quinn is the person, who was once Ireland's richest person, has already been exposed of his business empire as part of a three-year battle with his primary collecter, Anglo Irish Bank.

Justice Peter Kelly ordered on Wednesday t0 Quinn to repay the amount and said he was probably next week to order the businessman to repay 1.6 billion Euro ($2.15 billion) more.Quinn used his huge borrowings from Anglo to build a 28 percent stake in the bank. Anglo's 2009 bankruptcy and nationalization have cost taxpayers 25 billion Euro ($34 billion) and Quinn his fortune.

Quinn declared bankruptcy two weeks ago in the British territory of Northern Ireland.