Did you know? Time since the Caxton's first edition of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (548 y) is 10 x Time since the first human walked on the moon (55 y)
Mass of a regulation mens' shot (in the shot put athletics event) (7.26 kg)
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Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.
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