The Canadian $100 banknote featured an Asian woman on the back using a microscope. People complained that it was stereotyping Asians as being good at technology. She was replaced with a Caucasian woman, and then more people complained that Caucasians were being favored.
A helicopter pilot landed on the summit of Everest then…
A helicopter pilot landed on the summit of Everest then did it again the next day to prove it wasn’t a fluke.
In 2013 The Wall Street Journal discovered a cache of files that…
In 2013 The Wall Street Journal discovered a cache of files that revealed the U.S. government lobotomized over 2000 veterans against their will after WW2. The veterans were lobotomized for reasons such as PTSD, depression, schizophrenia, and occasionally homosexuality.
Saudi Arabia’s religious police have an “Anti-Witchcraft…
Saudi Arabia’s religious police have an “Anti-Witchcraft Unit” who operate a hotline to which citizens can report magic.
Jainist monks are such pacifist that they carry around a ritualistic…
Jainist monks are such pacifist that they carry around a ritualistic woolen broom to sweep away insects when they sit or walk.
In 1864, George Boole a Mathematician and Logician, walked two miles in the drenching…
In 1864, George Boole a Mathematician and Logician, walked two miles in the drenching rain and lectured wearing his wet clothes. He became ill, developing a severe cold and high fever.His wife believed that remedies should resemble their cause, so she poured water on him, he died that year at 49.
The world’s largest moving object, the Bagger 288 Superexcavator…
The world’s largest moving object, the Bagger 288 Superexcavator, leaves virtually no tracks, even over grass. The sheer surface area of the tracks makes its ground pressure less than a barefoot person.
Elvis Presley once asked his limo driver, “Do you own this…
Elvis Presley once asked his limo driver, “Do you own this limo or do you work for the company?” He responded, “I work for the company.” Elvis said “Well, you own it now.” The limo driver’s tip was the limo.
In 2011, Chinese artist Peiwen Liu got down on one knee to propose to his…
In 2011, Chinese artist Peiwen Liu proposed to his girlfriend. But things didn’t go smoothly: the girl jokingly told him she would marry him only if he walked 1,000 miles for her. Peiwen took her words literally and set off to walk from the town of Anyang to Guangzhou, a city around 1,000 miles away, where his girlfriend’s parents lived. Carrying a backpack and a red flag reading “Eager to meet my mother-in-law,” he walked about 25 miles a day. He even started to blog his experiences, which included a terrifying incident in which he was almost murdered by cows. By the time Peiwen was a week away from his destination, his fiance was already sending him text messages telling him to give it up and go home. When he persevered and arrived in the city, she sent him a text that read “I will not spend the rest of my life with you” and then switched off her phone.
The New York Times wrote an article about every single…
The New York Times wrote an article about every single September the 11th Victim.