There is a star in our galaxy that is 5 billion times volume of our sun.
Saudi Arabia has used up all its groundwater and will need to import…
Saudi Arabia has used up all its groundwater and will need to import all its food. California is headed down the same path and so is China.
A bank that lost 66 employees in the 9/11 attacks has sent 54 children…
A bank that lost 66 employees in the 9/11 attacks has sent 54 children of their fallen colleagues to college.
A guide dog calmly led 30 people down 1,463 steps out of the World Trade Center…
A guide dog calmly led 30 people down 1,463 steps out of the World Trade Center on 9/11 despite the confusion, smoke, and noise around them. Once safe, the dog then helped a woman who was blinded by the debris.
If a billiard ball was the size of Earth it would have bigger…
If a billiard ball was the size of Earth it would have bigger canyons then the Grand Canyon and taller mountains then Mt. Everest. Conversely, if Earth was the size of a billiard ball its surface would be smoother then a billiard ball.
Up until the 1960’s, black Americans with cars could purchase…
Up until the 1960’s, black Americans with cars could purchase a “Green Book” that would tell them which towns across America had colored facilities, which towns didn’t accept black people out after dark, and which places to avoid visiting if they wanted to survive their trip.
A blind man was kicked off a US Airways flight after his…
A blind man was kicked off a US Airways flight after his service dog repositioned itself several times during a 2 hour delay. The passengers demanded that he be let back on and the flight attendant responsible be kick off instead. The flight was eventually canceled.
A televangelist called Oral Roberts once told his viewers…
A televangelist called Oral Roberts once told his viewers that if he didn’t receive 8 million dollars in 3 months God would kill him, and he received over 9 million dollars in that period of time.
In May 1997, an IBM supercomputer known as Deep Blue beat then chess…
In May 1997, an IBM supercomputer known as Deep Blue beat then chess world champion Garry Kasparov, who had once bragged he would never lose to a machine. After 15 years, it was discovered that the critical move made by Deep Blue was due to a bug in its software.
The average high school student today has the same stress…
The average high school student today has the same stress level as the average psychiatric patient did in the 1950s.