During the 1943 NFL season, both the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers had lost so many players to military service during WW2, that they were forced to temporarily merge in to the Steagles.
Project MKUltra was an illegal and clandestine program of experiments on human subjects…
Project MKUltra was an illegal and clandestine program of experiments on human subjects designed and undertaken by the CIA in the 1950s, which intended to identify and develop drugs and procedures to be used in interrogations and torture, in order to weaken the individual to force confessions through mind control.
A couple of PETA members, after attending an anti-hunting campaign…
A couple of PETA members, after attending an anti-hunting campaign, wrecked into a deer. They followed up by suing the New Jersey Game Department claiming that their deer management program was to blame.
There was a man-made mouse utopia called Universe 25. It started with…
There was a man-made mouse utopia called Universe 25. It started with 4 males and 4 females. The colony peaked at 2200 and from there declined to extinction. Once a tipping point was reached, the mice lost instinctual behaviors. Scientists extrapolate this model to humans on earth.
Bill Gates plans to donate 95% of his $81.1 billion dollar wealth…
Bill Gates plans to donate 95% of his $81.1 billion dollar wealth to charity. That’s about $77 billion dollars
Owls fly silently due to specially designed edges of their primary feathers…
Owls fly silently due to specially designed edges of their primary feathers. When most birds fly, turbulence from air gushing over their wings creating noise. However, owls have their primary feathers serrated like a comb, which divides turbulence into tiny currents aka micro-turbulences.
In 2009, Detroit had a worse unemployment rate than…
In 2009, Detroit had a worse unemployment rate than during the Great Depression.
Just 1 gram of DNA is theoretically capable of holding 455 exabytes…
Just 1 gram of DNA is theoretically capable of holding 455 exabytes – enough for all the data held by Google, Facebook and every other major tech company, with room to spare
Three people in a flight simulator died after a real plane…
Three people in a flight simulator died after a real plane crashed into the building.
A 14 year old boy broke into Queen Victoria’s Buckingham Palace while disguised…
A 14 year old boy broke into Queen Victoria’s Buckingham Palace while disguised as a chimney sweep then ran off with her underwear.