Shooting free throws in basketball underhanded, or “granny style,” is statistically more effective, but players don’t do it because it doesn’t look cool. 00
Some of the first US spy satellites…
Some of the first US spy satellites took imagery on 70 millimeter film, which was recovered by dropping huge film canisters from space and catching them mid-air by a passing US Air Force plane. 00
The longest war in recorded history…
The longest war in recorded history lasted 335 years and 19 days. It was between the Dutch and the Isles of Scilly, there were no casualties, and the Dutch actually forgot about the conflict until a Scilly historian contacted them about it in 1985. A treaty was signed between them in 1986. 00
Japan has blue traffic lights….
Japan has blue traffic lights in some areas because historically the Japanese used the same word for green and blue. 00
Writers Ralph Waldo Emerson…
Writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Ray Bradbury, actors Christopher Reeve and Linda Hamilton, and astronaut Alan Shepard are all descendants of Mary Bradbury, a woman tried and sentenced in the Salem Witch Trials who escaped death and lived to age 85. 00
The film The China Syndrome…
The film The China Syndrome, a movie about a nuclear meltdown caused by a faulty sensor reading and a stuck-open pressure release valve, aired only 12 days before the 3 Mile Island Meltdown, caused by a faulty sensor reading and a stuck open pressure release valve. 00
There are about 100 people…
There are about 100 people, mostly elderly women, that currently live in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. 00
No Such Thing As Scottish Snow
Andy, Anna, James and special guest Cariad Lloyd discuss Unity Mitford’s BFFs, how planes (don’t) cure deafness, and why you shouldn’t eat Scottish show.
No Such Thing As Scottish Snow
Andy, Anna, James and special guest Cariad Lloyd discuss Unity Mitford’s BFFs, how planes (don’t) cure deafness, and why you shouldn’t eat Scottish show.
The writers of…
The writers of “That 70’s Show” theme song get $70 each time the show airs. He refers to it as “That $70 Show”. 00