A boy was allowed to change his own name when he was 8 years old. Today, he is Dr. Loki Skylizard.
You pay to have your star on the walk of fame in Hollywood…
You pay to have your star on the walk of fame in Hollywood. $30,000 to be precise.
Emily the cow escaped from a slaughterhouse minutes before her turn..
Emily the cow escaped from a slaughterhouse minutes before her turn at the abattoir, wandered for 40 days eluding capture, went on to live for 8 more years before getting a memorial on her grave.
One of the reasons your lungs feel refreshed when walking through…
One of the reasons your lungs feel refreshed when walking through a pine forest is because of an anti-inflammatory compound called a-Pinene, found in conifers. It is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of asthma and abundantly present in marijuana.
Because the concrete of the Hoover Dam was poured into individual, rectangular…
Because the concrete of the Hoover Dam was poured into individual, rectangular shaped sections–rather than with a single, continuous pour–the physical dam itself will survive up to 10,000 years and be one of the last remaining visible and recognizable monuments of humans on the planet.
When our brains are tired, they are capable of thinking more creatively…
When our brains are tired, they are capable of thinking more creatively than when they are not tired.
France banned mentions of Twitter and Facebook on TV and radio…
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.