Frankenstein author Mary Shelley kept her dead husband’s heart and carried it with her for almost 30 years until she died in 1851. It was found in a desk drawer a year later, wrapped in a copy of one of his final poems.
One time Albert Einstein was asked “How many feet are in…
One time Albert Einstein was asked “How many feet are in a mile?” and he responded saying “I don’t know, why should I fill my brain with facts I can find in two minutes in any standard reference book?”
Tesla was able to perform integral calculus…
Tesla was able to perform integral calculus in his head, which prompted his teachers to believe that he was cheating.
UFC fighter Meisha Tate was vacationing with her boyfriend…
UFC fighter Meisha Tate was vacationing with her boyfriend and his parents when his mother suffered an asthma attack while snorkeling and almost drowned. Unable to perform CPR due to a closed throat, Meisha saved her by repeatedly taking puffs from an asthma inhaler and blowing it into her lungs.
When actress Delores Moran was 15 years-old she delivered…
When actress Delores Moran was 15 years-old she delivered a coffee to a man and never saw or heard from him again. He never mentioned her to anyone but, when he died over 20 years later, he had left her $300,000.
The only person to ever create 3 companies to go public on the New York…
The only person to ever create 3 companies to go public on the New York stock exchange was a trucker who only got into it because his family could not afford to send him to college. He ended up creating the entire shipping container industry, as well as the ships that carry them.
Astronauts in the Apollo program reported seeing…
Astronauts in the Apollo program reported seeing “streaks” of white light every 3 minutes, even when they closed their eyes.
In 2002 (14 year old school drop out) William Kamkwamba…
In 2002 (14 year old school drop out) William Kamkwamba built a solar powered water pump that, for the 1st time ever, supplied drinkable water to his village. Unable to afford school tuition, he taught himself to do this by reading library books.
During the cold war, when navy divers repairing a whale…
During the cold war, when navy divers repairing a whale enclosure heard a human-like voice saying “out, out, out,” and got out of the water to see nobody, they found out that a beluga whale named “Noc” had learned to mimic human speech and was trying to communicate with them.
One of the hikers who found “Ötzi,” a 5000 year old mummy…
One of the hikers who found “Ötzi,” a 5000 year old mummy buried in ice in the Alps, was found dead, buried in ice, after a hiking accident in 2004. He is one of 7 people linked to the mummy to have died within the same year.