Live from the Hay Literary Festival, Dan, James, Andy and Anna discuss the world’s first novel, a Beatle as Gandalf, and the inventor of the television.
No Such Thing As An Anti-German Sock
Live from the Hay Literary Festival, Dan, James, Andy and Anna discuss the world’s first novel, a Beatle as Gandalf, and the inventor of the television.
More than $200 million in US currency was burned at both a crematorium…
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.