The first Barbie doll, whose full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts, went on sale in 1959 and the craze continues. There have been over 2,000 different Barbie dolls to collect, dress and accessorise.
The fastest goal in a World Cup football finals was scored by Hakan Sukur (Turkey) in just 11 seconds against South Korea at the FIFA World Cup 2002.
The fastest racehorses gallop at a speed of 69 KMPH, over a short 400 m sprint. Speeds drop over longer races. Fast horses win big prizes the Dubai world cup race has a first prize of over UK £2 million.
Maqbool Fida Mussain, 'popularly known as M.F.Hussain, an Indian artist got an assignment from an Indian firm to create a series of 125 paintings called 'Our Planet Called Earth'. M. F. Hussain charged US $22 million for this project. (INR 100 crores)
English has the largest vocabulary of about 8, 00, 000 words. The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long, and it refers to a distinct part of a DNA.
China topped the overall medal tally of 100 including 51 Gold Medals at the Beijing Olympics. It is followed by USA and Russia. China spent over US $ 40 Billion, the highest ever in the history of the Olympics.
Brazilian soccer star, Pele (Originally Edson Arantes do Nascimetno), is rated the greatest player of all time. He retired in 1977, with a remarkable 1281 goals in 1363 first class matches.
A skydiver falls through the air at a speed of 1, OO0 KMPH, before opening a parachute. In 1956, an American skydiver fell for an incredible 40 minutes, gliding on warm air currents.
The Portugal soccer player Luis Figo, was paid UK £37.4 million when he was transferred from Barcelona to Real Madrid in the year 2000.
Beethoven, a very famous music composer, used to pour cold water over his head to stimulate his brain while he was composing.
