A writer tested how hard it was for unknowns to get published by querying the National Book Award winning novel “Steps”. All thirteen agents and fourteen publishers rejected it, including Random House, which had published the book but didn’t recognize it.
Nikola Tesla was born during a fierce lightning storm. According…
Nikola Tesla was born during a fierce lightning storm. According to family legend, midway through the birth, the midwife wrung her hands and declared the lightning a bad omen. This child will be a child of darkness, she said, to which his mother replied: “No. He will be a child of light.”
Some areas in Scotland and Japan switched to blue street lights…
Some areas in Scotland and Japan switched to blue street lights at night and saw a decrease in crime and suicide rates.
A German student drove up to a Hell’s Angels clubhouse…
A German student drove up to a Hell’s Angels clubhouse, mooned the group, threw a puppy at them, and escaped on a bulldozer.
In May 1997, Mattel introduced Share a Smile Becky, a doll in a…
In May 1997, Mattel introduced Share a Smile Becky, a doll in a pink wheelchair. A 17-year-old high school student with cerebral palsy pointed out the doll wouldn’t fit in the elevator of Barbie’s Dream House. Mattel announced it would redesign the house in the future to accommodate the doll.
A sleeping pilot awoke to see Venus in the night sky, mistook it for an oncoming…
A sleeping pilot awoke to see Venus in the night sky, mistook it for an oncoming plane and dove the plane down. Unsecured passengers were thrown against the ceiling.
In 2005, women from one of the poorest slums in Uganda spent two weeks breaking…
In 2005, women from one of the poorest slums in Uganda spent two weeks breaking rocks to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The women, most of whom were displaced by civil war and who earned less than a dollar a day, contributed over $1,000 to the Katrina relief effort.
President James K. Polk is nicknamed by some historians “the least known…
President James K. Polk is nicknamed by some historians “the least known consequential president.” He promised to serve just one term, and he achieved ALL of the agenda he set at the beginning of his term.
There’s a Nikola Tesla statue that radiates…
There’s a Nikola Tesla statue that radiates Free Wifi in Silicon Valley.
NASA has a plan if astronauts “Lose It”, and that…
NASA has a plan if astronauts “Lose It”, and that plan is to tie them up with duct tape.