When they roll out the red carpet on Oscar night spare a thought for the organizers. The specially made carpet is a whopping 500 feet long and has to be rolled out at LA's prestigious Kodak Theatre days in advance, hoovered and covered with protective plastic, before being unveiled just hours before the ceremony.

The goal is to achieve a knockout or a checkmate by alternating between four-minute rounds of speed chess and three-minute rounds of boxing. The game of pawn vs brawn can be traced back to a 1992 science fiction graphic novel by Yugoslavian-French cartoonist Enki Bilal.

According to Chinese history, music was invented in 2697 B.C. when Emperor Huang Ti sent Ling Lun to cut bamboo poles that would produce a sound similar to a Phoenix bird's call.

Can dust aggravate asthma? Although the cause of an attack can frequently be traced back to dust, it is unclear whether dust mites can cause the development of asthma in children. In general, children are more at risk than adults. According to studies, children who are frequently exposed to dust mites and their excrement are more likely to suffer from allergies, such as asthma and eczema.

Harold Holt served as Prime Minister for 22 months before going missing while swimming at Cheviot Beach. Police, Royal Australian Navy divers, Royal Australian Air Force helicopters, Army officers, and many local volunteers launched a large manhunt.

Research done by theseniorlist.com using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of Labor Statistics on income and costs discovered that Maine is one of the least affordable states in the United States. In Maine, costs account for 91% of total revenue. The national average, on the other hand, is 81%.

A cow produces 6.3 gallons of milk per day on average. That equates to nearly 2,300 gallons per year. In one year, a single cow produced 59,298 pounds of milk. The record is held by Robtham Suzette Paddy, a Holstein cow from the family-run Robthom Farm near Springfield, Missouri. Sue could produce more than 200 pounds per day at her peak.

During Japanese rule it became the wealthy, modernized country it is today. There are plenty of places you can visit Japanese hill towns, tea houses, and hot springs used by the colonial rulers. While these places are quaint and charming, historians tell us that the Japanese were cruel rulers and forced local women to be their concubines.

Kimchi is a healthy cuisine with numerous established benefits, in addition to being delicious. Kimchi is high in fiber, vitamins (B, C, beta carotene, and so on), and other minerals. Kimchi is a live food because of the fermentation process! It contains beneficial lactic acid bacteria (probiotics). Furthermore, because fermentation decreases the carbohydrates found in vegetables, kimchi is low in sugar and calories.

Mirrors can reflect both light and matter. These mirrors are referred to as atomic mirrors. They trap slow atoms or focus an atomic beam by using an electromagnetic field to reflect neutral atoms.

Mario has played a variety of positions during the course of his 35-year career. In the original Donkey Kong game, he was a carpenter before being cast in his renowned role as a plumber. Of course, we've seen him dole out pills as a doctor, don a construction worker's hat in Super Mario Maker 2, and take on a variety of athletic roles. His current occupations are listed below.

Although it can be grown outside as well, this type of plant is typically kept indoors. Vastu sastra states that it is advantageous to place the plant facing North in your home.
 

For individuals who fantasize of being buried at sea, Eternal Reefs has devised a novel option. It combines a person's cremated bones with concrete to form a "pearl" onto which loved ones can engrave personal messages, handprints, or memories. The pearl is then wrapped in a "reef ball" and put into the water, where it creates a new habitat for fish and other sea creatures, promoting a healthy environment.

Teddy named Magellan T. Bear has become the first teddy to reach space when he boarded space shuttle discovery in 1995. The teddy bear was not just a bear but an education specialist on a mission. The teddy bear later flew around the world, visited the South Pole, and explored much more.

The original script for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, by William Goldman, was originally titled The Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy. That all flipped when Paul Newman, maybe the biggest star on the planet at the time of production, took the role of Butch.

The Story of the Kelly Gang, an Australian film, was the world's first feature-length film. IMDB has information on the cast, box office, and budget. It lasted more than an hour, and the reel length was approximately 4,000 feet. To put that into perspective, a small 5-inch reel of film can hold up to 200 feet, a 6-inch can hold 300 feet, and a 7-inch can hold 400 feet. Depending on the size of the reel, that's at least 10 reels of 7-inch film and up to 20 reels of 5-inch film.

During the 1987 World Cup, Sachin worked as a ball boy for the match between India and Zimbabwe at the Wankhede Stadium. He was 14 at the time. Because of his love of the game, Sachin Tendulkar used to sleep with his cricket gear as a child.

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was the result of a request from Universal in 1927 that Walt and his head animator Ub Iwerks create a cartoon character for them. Oswald was a huge success, with strong merchandising to match. Disney travelled to New York in 1928 to renegotiate his contract with producer Charles Mintz after achieving this success. But Mintz came back with a different proposal: He wanted to reduce the budget. To further aggravate the situation, Mintz was hiring Disney's animators under his nose through secret agreements. Oswald's rights ultimately went to Universal, and Disney felt as though he had lost almost everything as he left New York. But everything functioned as intended.

In 1885, the American Kennel Club was established. One of the first AKC certified dog breeds, the chihuahua was recognised as a breed in 1904.

Anaximenes was the third Milesian amongst the Greek philosophers before Socrates. He was a student of Anaximander and was also a monist. Where Thales saw water and Anaximander the Apeiron, Anaximenes saw air, which he thought was the arche (beginning) of all things.

Humans and slugs have a lot more in common than you may assume at first appearance. Our DNA is 70 percent identical to slug DNA. All creatures, like plants, have a common ancestor a long time ago: the DNA of a person and a banana is 50 percent same. As a result, a human is half a banana or 40% cucumber. To some extent, all living organisms on Earth are related — this just means that our evolution took a different course at some point in time.

It was called "Poem" and it was published in the Boston Herald in 1941. It's short and sweet, and quite different from the darker poetry Plath wrote later in life:

"Hear the crickets chirping
In the dewy grass.
Bright little fireflies
Twinkle as they pass."