FedEx first day in 1973

Federal Express, currently known as FedEx started their operations in April 17th of 1973.

This company started with 14 planes in Memphis International Airport, and during their first night they delivered only 186 packages throughout 25 cities in the U.S.A.

41 years later, FedEx is currently the world's largest express transportation company and the world's fourth largest in terms of fleet size with more than 600 planes, delivering package to more than 375 destinations worldwide.

“Le Croissant” is not French

“Le Croissant” is a popular bakery product worldwide and is common associated with France, because “Croissant” is a French word that means “Crescent” and that name reflects its shape.

However it was Marie Antoinette from Austria that brought croissant to France in the XVIII century and turn it a huge success.

The origin of Croissant is attributed to Vienna bakers, and it was previously known as Kipferl since the XIII century.

Therefore the current name “croissant” or crescent in English came from the Austrian victory of the battle of Vienna in 1683, as a commemorative reference to the shape of the symbol of the Ottoman Empire flag which was the Austrian enemy in that battle.

Croissant is a remarkable product, and in France alone it is estimated that 15 tons are eaten every year.

20 million tons of gold in the ocean

There is a lot of gold in the ocean and it is possible to extract gold from seawater.

However, currently there isn’t a cost-effective way to mine or extract gold from the ocean and make a profit from it.

Why?
Because as you know, the oceans are huge, and the actual concentration of gold in seawater is only about 0.0000000006%. To put it another way, there is between 0.1 and 2.0 mg per ton, depending on location, which means that with current technology is more expensive to extract than the value of the gold extracted itself.

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