France banned mentions of Twitter and Facebook on TV and radio, as in “Follow us on Twitter” or “Like us on Facebook” because they were deemed as promotion and unfair to other sites.
Millionaire Michael O’Leary, CEO of airline Ryanair, has his own taxicab…
Millionaire Michael O’Leary, CEO of airline Ryanair, has his own taxicab company with just one cab so he can legally use the bus lanes and avoid traffic jams
An Australian man typed every number from 1 to 1,000,000 in words…
An Australian man typed every number from 1 to 1,000,000 in words, not numbers, on his typewriter. It took him 16 years.
People in the Mongolian Empire did not believe in washing…
People in the Mongolian Empire did not believe in washing themselves or their clothes, wearing the same clothes until they literally rotted off.
In a Swedish study which studied 3500 women with breast…
In a Swedish study which studied 3500 women with breast implants and their cause of death, it was found that they were 3 times more likely to commit suicide when compared to the average Swedish population.
Upon landing in England, William the Conqueror slipped and…
Upon landing in England, William the Conqueror slipped and fell; to play it cool he grasped two fistfuls of soil and proclaimed ‘England is ours!’
The world record for the largest number ever counted to belongs…
The world record for the largest number ever counted to belongs to Jeremy Harper. He streamed the entire process online , and raised money for charity. He reached 1,000,000. It took him 3 months.
Horror movie soundtracks sometimes include infrasound, which is sound…
Horror movie soundtracks sometimes include infrasound, which is sound below the range of human hearing. Even though we can’t hear it we can still feel it and infrasound has been shown to induce anxiety, heart palpitations, and shivering.
New Zealand will deny people residency visas if they have too high of a…
New Zealand will deny people residency visas if they have too high of a BMI and there has been cases of people rejected because of their weight.
Three soviet engineers volunteered their lives at Chernobyl to release…
Three soviet engineers volunteered their lives at Chernobyl to release water from the broken reactor. Had they not done this, the resulting fallout would have covered most of Europe. All three men died within two weeks.