The longest acceptance speech in the history of the Oscars was by Greer Garson in 1942. She received an Oscar for Best Actress for the movie Mrs. Miniver, and her speech was five minutes and 30 seconds long.

It takes an interaction of 72 muscles to produce human speech.

The first person crossed Niagara Falls by tightrope in 1859.

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