Nintendo was founded as a card company in late 1889, originally named Nintendo Koppai. Based in Kyoto, Japan, the business produced and marketed a playing card game called Hanafuda. Between 1963 and 1968, Nintendo set up a taxi company, a love hotel chain, a TV network and a food company (selling instant rice, similar to instant noodles). All of these ventures eventually failed.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, ‘They’ll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run.’ On July 20, 1969, just minutes after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first home run.

If all the money in the world was added up, there would be $46.513 trillion (US) dollars. If it is divided among everyone equally, (the world population was 6,630,989,288 in 2007), each person would get $7014.49 (US) dollars

Source: http://bizcovering.com/business-and-society/richest-people-in-the-world/

Alien hand syndrome is an unusual neurological disorder, also known as “Dr. Strangelove syndrome”, whereby one of the sufferer’s hands seems to take a life of its own.

Read More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_hand_syndrome

American John Isner and French Nicolas Mahut made history at Wimbledon after playing a 186-game epic across three day on the lawns of Wimbledon – setting the new world record for the Longest (Professional) Tennis Match. The final set alone went for 8:11 hours. This was far longer than the previous one that had lasted for 6:33 hours. All previous world records have been pulverized. In total John served 112 aces while Nicolas fired 103.

In addition, the Longest Tennis Match In the World set duration records for the :
- Longest play in a single day: The first 118 games of the fifth set, played on 23rd of June 2010, lasted 7 hours and 6 minutes. This time is longer than the entire Nelson-Hepner match and any other match in tennis history;
- Most games in a single day: 118, on the 23rd of June.

Source: http://www.worldrecordsacademy.org/games/longest_tennis_match_John_Isner_and_Nicholas_Mahut_sets_world_record_101766.htm

You are born with 300 bones but only have 206 as an adult because many of your bones fuse together and make bigger more solid bones. Most of these are found in the skull which must be squished during childbirth.

Source:http://www.chacha.com/question/why-are-we-born-with-300-bones,-and-have-only-206-when-were-adults

Colorado is the only state in history, to turn down the Olympics. In 1976 the Winter Olympics were planned to be held in Denver. 62% of all state Voters choose at almost the last minute not to host the Olympics, because of the cost, pollution and population boom it would have on the State Of Colorado, and the City of Denver.

Source: http://www.50states.com/facts/colorado.htm

On average an American will spend up to 6 months at a red light in their life.