SortStack #2293 — 2032-09-18

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1. A single wingbeat of a honeybee 4.4 ms

   Bees beat their wings about 230 times per second — that frequency is exactly what produces their signature buzz.

2. An average human yawn 6 sec

   Yawns are so contagious they jump species: dogs catch yawns from their owners, and even reading the word can trigger one. You're welcome.

3. A tiger's pregnancy 105 days

   Cubs are born blind and helpless at around a kilogram — yet within two years they're apex predators ten times their mother's litter weight.

4. The filming of Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' 11.4 years

   The same cast reunited for a few days each year so the actors aged in real time — the lead grew from age six to eighteen on screen.

5. The Hundred Years' War between England and France 116.6 years

   Despite the name, it lasted 116 years (1337-1453), punctuated by long truces — and technically England and France stayed at war on paper even longer.

6. The Western Roman Empire, from Augustus to its fall 501.9 years

   After the West fell in AD 476, the Eastern half carried on for nearly a thousand more years as the Byzantine Empire.

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