In 1939, Lina Medina from Peru, at the age of five made medical history by delivering a healthy child.
Her family brought her to see a doctor because they beleived she had some sort of tumor growing in her stomach. The family was shocked to find out that she was actually pregnant.
Her son, who was born a healthy 6 lb baby, was raised by Lina's parents. It was not until he was 10 that he found that Lina was actually his mother, not his sister as he had been told.
There is no evidence or documentation as to who the father of Lina's son was. Lina went on to marry and then have second child when she was 33.
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In the early 1800s Cocaine and other opiates used to be unregulated drugs. There was no research done on the drugs so they appeared harmless.
In the 1890s Sears (at the time known as Sears & Roebeck) catalogue you could purches a syringe and Cocaine for only $1.50.
It wasn't until the beginning of the 20th century that Cocaine became linked with crime and soon after became illegal.
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Ireland, sometimes known for their drinking, is one of the only countries to have actually BANNED happy hours!
The happy hour was banned in Ireland in 2003 under the Intoxicating Liquor Act. A happy hour, which usually serves half price alcoholic drinks, could have been banned for multiple reasons. Some say it was banned to lower alcoholic consumption while others say it was done to lower crime.
Glasgow in Scotaland has also banned happy hours to try and stop binge drinking. The only place in America to have also banned this fun hour is Massachusettes. They put a state-wide ban on happy hours in 1984.
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Sunita Williams, the astronaut who currently holds the record for the most days in space for a female (195) also holds another record!
On April 16, 2007 she completed the first marathon ran by someone in orbit. Her sister ran the marathon on earth while Sunita ran the marathon in space. They were updated on each other's progress throughout the race. Sunita finished the Boston Marathon in 4 hours and 24 minutes.
In 2008 Sunita Williams once again ran the Boston Marathon but this time on earth.
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Remember the fact about you being able to survive falling on an airplane? Meet Juliane Koepcke, who not only survived the fall, she survived after her plane exploded in mid air!
On Christmas Eve, 1971, the airplane that Koepcke was flying on was struck by lightning and disintegrated at 10,000 ft over the Peruvian rainforest. When she woke up from the fall, she was still strapped to her seat. She survived on candy for 9 days until she found a hut where some Lumberjacks helped her get back to civilization.
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A Peruvian teenager survived after the airplane she was flying on EXPLODED!
