The U.S. military originally planned to provide personnel, vehicles, and costumes for the film ‘Independence Day’, but backed out after producers refused to remove the script’s Area 51 references.
While bored during his work with the Manhattan Project Richard…
While bored during his work with the Manhattan Project Richard Feynman would amuse himself by picking the locks of his colleagues confidential file cabinets and placing prank notes, his colleagues believed a spy had infiltrated the project.
In 1946 Kodak customers complained about film developing cloudy…
In 1946 Kodak customers complained about film developing cloudy. Kodak investigated & found the corn husks used for packing was radioactive. They discovered something that was not public knowledge; the packaging was exposed to fallout from the world’s first nuclear bomb explosion.
Two babies were switched at birth, one family was rich and the…
Two babies were switched at birth, one family was rich and the other poor, the rich couple’s biological baby became a truck driver and the poor couple’s biological baby became a CEO of a company
There is a mental delusion called The Truman Show…
There is a mental delusion called The Truman Show delusion where those affected believe their lives are actually reality shows. A patient went to New York to check whether the World Trade Center had fallen believing the 9/11 attacks to be an elaborate plot twist in his personal storyline.
On April Fools Day in 1989, billionaire Richard Branson…
On April Fools Day in 1989, billionaire Richard Branson designed a hot air balloon to look like a UFO, and hired a dwarf in an E.T. costume to come out and scare whoever was near it when it landed.
The stethoscope was conceived because the inventor felt…
The stethoscope was conceived because the inventor felt uncomfortable placing his ear on a woman’s bare chest to listen to her heart.
The ad revenue made from the “charlie bit my finger”…
The ad revenue made from the “charlie bit my finger” YouTube video was enough for the family to buy a new house
A war was once fought over a bucket…
A war was once fought over a bucket. 2,000 people died. Other stupid war reasons: War of Jenkins’ Ear – England went to war with Spain over an ear and ended up losing over 400 ships and 20,000 men. War of the Golden Stool – An English guy wanted to sit in the nice chair […]
Alabama husband saved wife’s life by donating kidney…
Alabama husband saved wife’s life by donating kidney after spending a year dieting and exercising to get his blood pressure low enough for surgery.