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We often take our eyes for granted. Humans are highly visual creatures, so try to take a moment to give thanks for your good eyesight. Most people are in the habit of taking the most spectacular parts of our body for granted. Ben Franklin stated how people often marvel at beautiful vistas, yet paid little […]
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In Franklin D. Roosevelt’s original plans for the United Nations, the Four Policemen (the US, UK, Soviet Union, and China) were the only nations allowed to possess weapons more powerful than a rifle.
While on tour in Brazil to promote its new album Omen, the band Antestor was attacked by Satanist black metal fans angered by the Christian beliefs of the band members.
Grand Theft Auto IV caused controversy over a gameplay feature allowing players to drive under the influence of alcohol.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was banned in the Soviet Union for its alleged “occultism”.
A man sued Pepsico after the company refused to redeem his 7,000,000 Pepsi Points for a AV-8 Harrier II jump jet as advertised in their commercial.
In 1978 Aerosmith put up the money to bail out every arrested fan in a concert pot bust.
When a bald eagle loses a feather, it will automatically shed the same feather on it’s other side to maintain balance.
There are “lone planets” that roam endlessly through space without ever going into orbit. They are actually predicted to be more common than stars.
The at-sign, @, is not a modern invention. It has been found on documents as old as 1345. Today, it is referred differently around the world. In Italy, it is called chiocciola (snail) while the Germans call it Klammeraffe (spidermonkey). In Spanish it’s Arroba (the word has its origin in Arabic, the term defined the […]