The tallest wind turbine in the world has rotor tips that reach over 200 metres (656 feet) above the ground.

Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.

The first hot air balloon flight traveled for 5.5 miles over Paris and lasted for 23 minutes.

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