More than $200 million in US currency was burned at both a crematorium and the Aiea Sugar Mill in Hawaii, due to being redeemed for HAWAII Overprint Notes – a series of banknotes issued during World War II as an emergency issue after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The intent of the overprints was to easily distinguish US currency captured by Japanese forces in the event of an invasion of Hawaii and render the bills useless.
A joint Nazi-Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk was held on September 22, 1939…
A joint Nazi-Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk was held on September 22, 1939, to display the power of the newly formed Soviet-Nazi pact to the whole world.
Abraham Lincoln, one of many American politicians known for past use of cannabis…
Abraham Lincoln, one of many American politicians known for past use of cannabis, wrote that one of his “favorite things” was “smoking a pipe of sweet hemp”.
In 1915 A millionaire named Cecil Chubb bought his wife Stonehenge…
In 1915 A millionaire named Cecil Chubb bought his wife Stonehenge. She didn’t like it, so in 1918 he gave it to the nation
Chinese government takes its officials and members of their families on prison tours on a regular…
Chinese government takes its officials and members of their families on prison tours on a regular basis to give officials an introduction to what awaits them if they should engage in corruption. The tours include meet-and-greets with former government officials who were caught for corruption.
A Woman in Oregon started a wildfire to give some work to her bored firefighter…
A Woman in Oregon started a wildfire to give some work to her bored firefighter friends. Eventually, the fire, named as the Sunnyside Turnoff wildfire, spread to about 80 square miles — 51,000 acres — costing nearly $8 million to fight and took two months to bring under complete control.
In 1962 news channel NBC paid a West Berlin team 50,000DM ($150,000 today) to dig…
In 1962 news channel NBC paid a West Berlin team 50,000DM ($150,000 today) to dig under the Berlin Wall, on the condition that NBC could film the escape. 29 East Germans managed to escape, and the resulting NBC film, The Tunnel, won 3 Emmies.
Because of the Bambi effect, some people will…
Because of the Bambi effect, some people will not eat a whole fish.
There’s a man who shops at Trader Joe’s in Seattle and buys things in bulk and then transports….
There’s a man who shops at Trader Joe’s in Seattle and buys things in bulk and then transports them up to Vancouver to his own store called “Pirate Joe’s” because there are no Trader Joe’s in Canada. He’s gotten banned at some Trader Joe’s and sometimes has to put on disguises to shop.
The storm that caused the Dust Bowl of the 1930s carried twice as much dirt…
The storm that caused the Dust Bowl of the 1930s carried twice as much dirt as was dug out of the earth to create the Panama Canal. The canal took seven years to dig; the storm lasted a single afternoon.