Vigo County, Indiana has voted correctly with the winner in every presidential election since 1956, and in all but two since 1892.
Like humans, animals also have varying accents depending…
Like humans, animals also have varying accents depending on locality and regions.
There is no place you can legally watch and listen to the entire…
There is no place you can legally watch and listen to the entire “I Have a Dream” speech for free, as the recording is owned and licensed by the EMI Publishing and the King Family. The only way to legally watch the speech in it’s entirety is to buy a copy.
English words for livestock (cow, sheep, chicken) are Germanic-based and the words…
English words for livestock (cow, sheep, chicken) are Germanic-based and the words for meats (beef, mutton, poultry) are French-based. This is because the people who raised the animals were Anglo-Saxon peasants and the people who ate them were Norman aristocrats.
Chopping wood increases testosterone production by 46.8 percent, as much as 17…
Chopping wood increases testosterone production by 46.8 percent, as much as 17 percent higher than soccer and other studied competitive sports.
A study showed that children whose parents placed the children’s pacifiers…
A study showed that children whose parents placed the children’s pacifiers in their own mouths before giving it to the child were less likely to develop allergies like eczema and asthma later in life.
Google hired a camel to map a desert for…
Google hired a camel to map a desert for Google Street View.
The Plantaris is a small muscle in your calf that is believed to be used by our…
The Plantaris is a small muscle in your calf that is believed to be used by our ancestors to grip with their feet. It is so weak that it is considered functionally obsolete and arguments have been made that humans are evolving it out. It is absent in 7-10% of the population worldwide.
In 1946, a man claiming to be a detective gave a pedestrian a camera and asked…
In 1946, a man claiming to be a detective gave a pedestrian a camera and asked her to take a picture of a suspect. The “detective” turned out to be a gangster, the “suspect” turned out to be his ex-wife, and the “camera” turned out to be a concealed shotgun firing via the shutter button.
In 2000, Blockbuster Video turned down a chance to purchase a one…
In 2000, Blockbuster Video turned down a chance to purchase a one-year-old company called Netflix for $50 million.