Franklin Pierce was the first U.S. President to have a Christmas tree in the White House.

It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun's surface to the Earth.

On the 20th August 2013 the world record for the world's biggest Lego-tower was smashed by a group of students from Delaware, USA. Their tower measured 112 feet in height and was constructed using more than 500,000 pieces of Lego!

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