After making an emergency landing in China in 2001, the crew of a US Spy Plane were asked by their Chinese captors to recite the lyrics to “Hotel California” to prove their nationality.
History of the Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower isn’t just a beautiful backdrop for romantic photos and second honeymoons. It has certainly become that over the years, but it started out as the entrance to the World’s Fair in 1889 and was supposed to be torn down shortly after, yet it remains standing tall as one of the most iconic structures in the world. How did this happen? And where did it come from? To know the whole story, you have to start back in 1884 when ideas and sketches started to be shared among a number of architects and designers who wanted the prestige
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The 1937 Best Supporting Actress Oscar went to Alice Brady…
The 1937 Best Supporting Actress Oscar went to Alice Brady for her role in In Old Chicago, but she couldn’t attend the ceremony, so a man walked up and accepted the award on her behalf. After the show, he and the Oscar were never seen again.
Facts About Koalas
The Phascolarctos cinereus or commonly known as the koala bear, is not really a bear but a species of a pouched mammal called the marsupial. They are mostly nocturnal animals, often sleeping during the day and moving around most of the night. The majority of these koalas live in the eastern region of Australia where the eucalyptus trees that they truly love are plenty for them. Rarely leaving these trees, their sharp claws and five opposable digits keep them up in the trees, allowing them to easily tuck themselves into the forks and nooks of the trees before lulling to
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Residents of the US, particularly those living near the Mexican…
Residents of the US, particularly those living near the Mexican border, now routinely cross the border into Mexico for medical care. Mexican dentists often charge 20 to 25 percent of U.S. prices, while other procedures typically cost a third what they would cost in the US.
The domain “MartinLutherKing.org” is owned…
The domain “MartinLutherKing.org” is owned by the white supremacist group Stormfront.
Hiroshima is one of the only places outside of the United…
Hiroshima is one of the only places outside of the United States to observe Martin Luther King Day because he wrote a letter to Japan weeks before his death, requesting to visit the county and spread his message of peace.
Tea was so important for morale in the British…
Tea was so important for morale in the British army that in 1942 the UK bought the entire world’s crop of tea.
YouTube has a production space in Los Angeles…
YouTube has a production space in Los Angeles that is free to use if you have 10,000 subscribers.
Most languages have a bias against left-handed people…
Most languages have a bias against left-handed people. Left is derived from ‘lyft’, meaning weak. In Dutch, ‘Link’ means cunning. In German, ‘link’ means questionable. In Mandarin, it’s zuô, meaning improper, and in Turkish the word for left is sol, which can mean both ‘die’ and ‘ill’.