Lacrosse, as originally played by Native Americans, fielded teams from 100 to 1,000 men, with goals 500 yards to 6 miles apart, with games lasting several days, played sunup to sundown. These games tended to become huge mobs of players swarming the ball and slowly moving it across the field. 00
No Such Thing As A Cat-a-Cops Cartoon
Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the police force for dead people, Indonesia’s KFC CDs and Chinese mistress-dispellers.
No Such Thing As A Cat-a-Cops Cartoon
Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the police force for dead people, Indonesia’s KFC CDs and Chinese mistress-dispellers.
There is a disorder called “William’s Syndromes”…
There is a disorder called “William’s Syndromes” in which one of its primary features is “pathological friendliness”. 00
A man tried to kill another man on live TV with his magical..
A man tried to kill another man on live TV with his magical powers. After several hours, the magical man suggested he never died because the god he worshiped is protecting him. The man replied and said he was an atheist. 00
France sent 800 women to Quebec. The “Filles du Roi”…
France sent 800 women to Quebec. The “Filles du Roi” (“Daughters of the King”) were poor women who in 1663 agreed to go to the mostly male New France colony to marry. It worked; the population more than doubled in 10 years, and two thirds of French Canadians today are their descendants. 00
In ’86 a California farmer named Mike Yurosek…
In ’86 a California farmer named Mike Yurosek was unhappy he was not able to sell his imperfect carrots. So he cut and shaved them into cuter versions and called them “baby-cut” carrots. Before the invention of the baby carrot, each American ate 6 lbs of carrot a year, now they eat 11 lbs. 00
Between 1798 and the Civil War, the U.S. Navy…
Between 1798 and the Civil War, the U.S. Navy lost two-thirds as many officers to dueling as it did to more than 60 years of combat at sea. In the 18th and early 19th Centuries, personal honor could have a very real impact on a man’s life, especially for a naval officer. Most naval officers […]
For the last 10+ years, 2 disabled men in China, one without…
For the last 10+ years, 2 disabled men in China, one without arms and the other without sight, have been planting trees together and have so far planted more than 10,000. 00
Are all babies born with blue eyes?
The eyes are the window to the soul, so the popular saying goes. Human beings place a great deal of importance on our eyes. They are, arguably, the most important feature of our faces. Many people will list someone’s eyes as a key feature that makes other people attractive or not. Given the importance that people place on the eyes, it is not that surprising that people fuss over the eyes of babies when they are born. We look at a baby’s eyes and say how adorable they are. We look at a baby’s eyes when we try to decide
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