A creationist used the shape and appearance of the banana as proof of intelligent design. He later retracted his statements upon learning that bananas are a result of artificial selection by humans.
The T-shirt was invented in 1904 and marketed…
The T-shirt was invented in 1904 and marketed to bachelors who couldn’t sew or replace buttons.
Residents of the village of Shitterton in England grew so…
Residents of the village of Shitterton in England grew so tired of people stealing a sign with the village name on it they replaced it with a 1.5 tonne block of stone with the village name inscribed upon it.
A French man named Benoît Lecomte once swam…
A French man named Benoît Lecomte once swam 3,716 miles across the entire Atlantic Ocean, from Massachusetts to France; the feat took him a total of 73 days, 5 of which included him being followed by a great white shark.
In 2011 the Detroit Symphony Orchestra was in a deep financial…
In 2011 the Detroit Symphony Orchestra was in a deep financial crisis. Kid Rock, in what he called “the best drunk move I ever made,” decided to throw a benefit concert. He raised over one million dollars for the symphony and helped save classical music in Detroit.
There are still several locations in the US that ban…
There are still several locations in the US that ban the sale/consumption of alcohol. All dating back to the Prohibition.
Korean Tennis player, Duck Hee Lee…
Korean Tennis player, Duck Hee Lee, currently ranks in ATP’s top 300. He is only 17 and deaf.
In 1969, the Army Corps of Engineers accomplished an awesome…
In 1969, the Army Corps of Engineers accomplished an awesome feat: They turned off Niagara Falls. They did it to clean up the area, and check for structural integrity.
A Princeton professor recently proved that you…
A Princeton professor recently proved that you can have identical snowflakes after growing them himself.
In 2001, IT at UNC decided to do a server audit. They realized…
In 2001, IT at UNC decided to do a server audit. They realized that they could not find one of their best performing servers. Eventually resorting to following the physical cabling, they hit a wall, literally. The server had been buried behind a wall during remodeling for over 4 years.