Scientist Louis Slotin died while working on the Manhattan Project. He accidentally dropped a hemisphere of beryllium on a plutonium core; witnesses saw glowing blue light and felt a heat wave. He died nine days later. The plutonium core was later nicknamed the “demon core”.
Brides normally stand on the left of the Groom at a wedding so that his sword…
Brides normally stand on the left of the Groom at a wedding so that his sword hand is free to defend against any other suitors.
Researchers determined that ‘deer crossing’ warning signs…
Researchers determined that ‘deer crossing’ warning signs do not prevent accidents.
In 2011, James Franco put his name behind a project called “The Museum of Non…
In 2011, James Franco put his name behind a project called “The Museum of Non-visible Art”. A woman paid $10,000 for a non-visible piece called “Fresh Air”.
When one hermit crab finds a bigger shell, a gang of them will sometimes form a “vacancy…
When one hermit crab finds a bigger shell, a gang of them will sometimes form a “vacancy chain” in which they queue up from smallest to largest and all move one shell up.
When a woman is attracted to a man, she speaks…
When a woman is attracted to a man, she speaks in a higher pitch than she does normally.
A study found that German raised children of white and black American soldiers…
A study found that German raised children of white and black American soldiers had nearly identical IQ’s. Many have interpreted this to mean racial IQ differences found in other studies are due to cultural and environmental factors.
Dominos Pizza stopped using its “Avoid The Noid” mascot because…
Domino’s Pizza stopped using its “Avoid The Noid” mascot because a 22 yr old paranoid schizophrenic named Kenneth Noid–thinking he was the real Noid–took 2 employees hostage with a .357 magnum revolver.
A decade before the SR-71 first flew, the Military had a Mach 4.3 capable Ramjet created…
A decade before the SR-71 first flew, the Military had a Mach 4.3 capable Ramjet created to test its own air defenses. It was so effective, it was cancelled to avoid embarrassing the military’s own air defenses any further. The man who designed it went on to create the SR-71 spyplane.
A tax auditor in Finland died at his desk, and despite there being 100 staff…
A tax auditor in Finland died at his desk, and despite there being 100 staff on the same floor in the department no-one realized he was dead for 2 days.