India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century. The Arctic Tern, which is a small bird, can fly a round trip from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back. This can be as long as twenty thousand miles per year. This is the longest migration for a bird. In 1876, Maria Spelterina was the first woman to ever cross Niagara Falls on a high wire. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. Roosters have to extend their necks in order to crow.

A year from now you will wish you had started today.