Everyone hears about the monster contracts that Major League baseball players sign during the offseason. As of this writing, nine players have contracts of $300 million or more. One, Mike Trout, signed a contract worth $426.5 million. Juan Soto of the Washington Nationals reportedly rejected a 15-year deal worth $440 million days before winning the … Read more

Globally, the average person drinks 8 cups or 1/2 gallon per day, which can be below one’s required individual water consumption to stay well-hydrated, based on one’s body weight and age. In the United States, based on 2015 to 2018 data, children and adolescents drank an average of only 23 ounces (0.18 U.S. liquid gallons) of plain water … Read more

Los Angeles Angels center fielder, Mike Trout, made his Major League debut in 2011 when he was just 19 years old, appearing in 40 games and batting just .220 with five home runs in 123 at-bats. The following season, 139 games later, Trout managed to earn an All-Star Game appearance, finish second in MVP voting, … Read more

When you need a machine that can handle some serious towing, nothing quite matches the performance of a pickup truck. It’s like the top speed for supercar enthusiasts. The higher the truck towing capacity, the better. Here are the best trucks for towing in every class. DODGE RAM TOWING CAPACITY Ram 1500 Towing Capacity Dodge … Read more

The Olympics are the most esteemed sporting competition in the world, taking place every four years. Among the many sporting events that take place during the Olympics, diving is among the most popular. With several diving events occurring, we get to see these talented athletes perform incredible feats and stunts effortlessly in individual and team … Read more

If someone were to ask you what the tallest animal was in the wild, you would naturally think of something super tall like a giraffe. These animals are known for their great heights and their characteristically long neck. This is used to help them snack on foliage that grows at very tall heights, where other … Read more

New York City is the largest and most populous city in the United States of America. It sits within the state of New York along the Hudson River and has 5 distinct boroughs: the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island. Of all of these boroughs, the most unique geographically is Manhattan. Its position is … Read more

In the modern world, there are some impressive feats of engineering that are only possible because of technological, scientific, and societal advancements in the last 100 years. Skyscrapers like the Chrysler Building or the Burj Khalifa would have been impossible without the equipment and materials that we currently possess. However, the one building material that … Read more

If you enjoy baking, then you are likely familiar with lots of different imperial and metric measurements. Different recipes often use different measurements, and if you’re used to one particular method of measurement, it can be really confusing knowing the difference between them or how your preferred measurement translates into another one.  One example is … Read more

Nickels are part of the US currency. Despite its name, nickels are made from a combination of copper and nickel with 75% of the build-up being made from copper and only 25% being made from nickel. They have been in circulation within US currency since 1857, and are small coins. In this guide, we’ve gathered … Read more

A fathom equals six feet,  it was originally used as a broad phrase to describe the distance between a man’s outstretched arms. It might indicate five feet, five and a half feet, or six feet. Fortunately, someone noticed a few hundred years ago that six feet were nearly precisely one-thousandth of a nautical mile (6,080 … Read more

Imperial and metric measurements can be very difficult to work out when we’re trying to visualize how long, tall, or wide something is. When it comes to things like Olympic events, they’re almost always given in metric measurements.  100 meters is not easy to conceptualize when it comes to working out how far something is, … Read more