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FACTS OF THE DAY

14 April 2017

The US has used its largest non-nuclear weapon for the first time. The 30-foot bomb containing 11 tons of explosives was dropped on ISIS in Afghanistan.

dailymail.co.uk

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NASA has said it believes alien life could exist on Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

telegraph.co.uk

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Scientists cannot tell a person’s sex by looking at their brain alone.

qz.com

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Chinese scientists have built a device made of treated paper that generates electricity to run hearing aids and heart monitors just by body movement.

thetimes.co.uk

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An eight-year-old boy in Ohio has driven his little sister one-and-a-half miles across town to McDonald’s without mishap after learning to drive on YouTube.

bbc.co.uk

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A new Ukrainian start-up can 3D print a $32,000 house in eight hours.

businessinsider.com

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With a net worth of $77.7 billion, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is the world’s second-richest person.

bloomberg.com


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