Electricity was introduced to Ethiopia in 1896 after Emperor Menelik II ordered two newly invented electric chairs as a form of humane capital punishment and realized they were useless in his country without electricity.
In the U.S., there are 1.5 times more Google searches…
In the U.S., there are 1.5 times more Google searches for “heaven” than “hell.”
In 1950 ‘One of the largest human experiments in history’ was conducted…
In 1950 ‘One of the largest human experiments in history’ was conducted on unsuspecting residents of San Francisco by the US military in a germ-warfare simulation and Nuremberg Code violation that utilized the Bay Area’s iconic fog to help spread two kinds of bacteria over the city.
In 2009 burglars broke into Dolph Lundgren’s house and had restrained…
In 2009 burglars broke into Dolph Lundgren‘s house and had restrained his wife. They then fled when they saw a family photo and realized whose house they were in.
A black man won the 1st US Open Tennis title in 1968…
A black man won the 1st US Open Tennis title in 1968 and no black man has won it since.
April 16, 2016 will be the 500 year anniversary of Bavaria…
April 16, 2016 will be the 500 year anniversary of Bavaria adopting the Reinheitsgebot. It is a law that said that the only ingredients that could be used in the production of beer were water, barley and hops. It was later amended to include yeast.
Living next to a nuclear plant for 1 year gives you 100 times less…
Living next to a nuclear plant for 1 year gives you 100 times less radiation than eating a bag of potato chips every day for 1 year.
Elvis’ manager sold “I Hate Elvis” badges to make money from…
Elvis’ manager sold “I Hate Elvis” badges to make money from those who otherwise wouldn’t have parted with their cash for Elvis merchandise.
Nigerian scammers once sold a fake airport to a major…
Nigerian scammers once sold a fake airport to a major international bank for $242 million, and the scam wasn’t discovered till 3 years later.
The world’s only diamond mine open to the public is…
The world’s only diamond mine open to the public is in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. Visitors can keep whatever gems they find, and over 31,000 diamonds have been found since it became a state park in 1972.