An Australian man in London, desperate not to miss his daughter’s birthday back home, posted himself to Australia in a crate which he helped design and build. He amazingly survived the three days journey and became a news sensation in 1964.
A Korean man fell in love and eventually married a pillow with…
A Korean man fell in love and eventually married a pillow with an anime character printed on it.
Trains in Japan are so punctual, that if they are even 5 minutes late, the passengers…
Trains in Japan are so punctual, that if they are even 5 minutes late, the passengers get a formal apology, and most times they’ll even get a “delay certificate.” Delays that are over an hour will also appear on the news.
Superb fairy-wrens teach their eggs a ‘secret password’ that the young can…
Superb fairy-wrens teach their eggs a ‘secret password’ that the young can sing when they hatch. Those that sing the password get food, and the brood parasite eggs (which don’t learn the password) go hungry.
ABC News interrupted regular scheduled programming to announce…
ABC News interrupted regular scheduled programming to announce the reintroduction of Coke Classic in 1985.
Daniel Norris, a 21yo baseball player who recently joined the Toronto Bluejays with…
Daniel Norris, a 21yo baseball player who recently joined the Toronto Bluejays with a $2,000,000 signing bonus, lives and sleeps in a VW bus. He has also never drunk alcohol, works part time in the off-season at a retail store, and spends no more than $800 a month.
A species of squid has been observed to leap from the ocean and use pressurized water…
A species of squid has been observed to leap from the ocean and use pressurized water jets to achieve flight, going as far as 98 feet.
Texas cancelled its last meal program after an inmate ordered two chicken fried steaks…
Texas cancelled its last meal program after an inmate ordered two chicken fried steaks, a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger, a large bowl of fried okra, a pound of barbecue, three fajitas, a meat lover’s pizza, a pint of ice cream, and a slab of peanut butter fudge and didn’t eat any of it.
US Marine John Kelly was the last person to be awarded 2 Medals of Honor. He ran…
US Marine John Kelly was the last person to be awarded 2 Medals of Honor. He ran 100 yards in advance of the front line and attacked an enemy machine gun nest, killed the gunner with a grenade, shot another man with his pistol, and returned with 8 prisoners. He was 19.
After 2 US officers were killed while trying to cut down a tree in the DMZ…
After 2 US officers were killed while trying to cut down a tree in the DMZ, the US and South Korea sent 813 soldiers, 27 helicopters and nuclear-capable bombers to the DMZ to supervise the cutting down of the tree. North Korean soldiers watched in silence as the tree was cut down in 42 minutes.