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January 13, 2016

Androphobia – The Fear of Men

Androphobia derived its origin from the Greek word ‘andros’ meaning man or male and ‘phobia’ meaning fear. Androphobia is an abnormal fear of, or hatred for men or total repugnance towards the masculine gender. Androphobics are normal people who live a normal life, make friends but just find it impossible to relate with men, mostly by avoiding men altogether. Androphobia can also be known as Arrhenphobia. Androphobia can be caused by traumatic experiences as most sufferers start experiencing this fear at an early age of 4-5 years. This can be as a result of the victim being physically traumatized or

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January 13, 2016

Apollo 12 commander Pete Conrad’s first word upon setting…

Apollo 12 commander Pete Conrad’s first word upon setting foot on the Moon was “Whoopee!” in order to win a $500 bet with an Italian journalist that NASA didn’t script astronaut declarations.

January 13, 2016

Thomas Jefferson owned a sheep known he called “this…

Thomas Jefferson owned a sheep known he called “this abominable animal”. He kept it in front of the White House where it attacked several people and killed a small boy in 1808.

January 13, 2016

Victoria’s Secret model Karolína Kurková was born with a medical…

Victoria’s Secret model Karolína Kurková was born with a medical complication causing her to have no belly button. An artificial navel is photoshopped into each of her photographs.

January 13, 2016

In 2008 a Texas man tried to make his suicide look like…

In 2008 a Texas man tried to make his suicide look like a murder by tying helium balloons to the gun so it would float away and look like someone else had done it. The investigator was able to solve the case when he found a gun tied to some helium balloons snagged on a […]

January 13, 2016

When the Queen dies, no comedy programming…

When the Queen dies, no comedy programming on BBC will be aired for 12 days.

January 13, 2016

Arnold Schwarzenegger bought the tank…

Arnold Schwarzenegger bought the tank he drove during military service.

January 13, 2016

At 52, Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman married…

At 52, Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman married 18-year-old Mandy Smith but divorced after a year. Bill’s 30-year-old son then Stephen married Mandy’s mother, age 46. If Bill and Mandy had remained married, Stephen would have been his father’s father-in-law and his own grandpa.

January 12, 2016

The most isolated human being ever was Al Worden, command…

The most isolated human being ever was Al Worden, command module pilot of Apollo 15, who in lunar orbit was at a maximum distance of 2,235 miles from his fellow astronauts on the surface. While on the other side of the Moon, no communication with Earth or his comrades was possible.

January 12, 2016

MIT students discovered that by buying $600,000 worth of lottery…

MIT students discovered that by buying $600,000 worth of lottery tickets in the Massachusetts’ Cash WinAll lottery they could get a 10-15% return on investment. Over 5 years, they managed to game $8 million out of the lottery through this method.