The idiom “Turning a blind eye” is attributed to Admiral Horatio Nelson who, in the midst of battle and given the permission to retreat by his superior, lifted the telescope to his eye (blinded from an earlier injury) and said “I really do not see the signal” and pressed on with the attack. 00
In 2011, when Jeopardy!’s 74-game champion Ken Jennings…
In 2011, when Jeopardy!’s 74-game champion Ken Jennings lost in an exhibition match against IBM’s Watson AI program, he wrote under his final response “I for one welcome our new computer overlords”. 00
There is a 1982 Barbie commercial…
There is a 1982 Barbie commercial that ends with the line “Better make Ken a sandwich!” 00
Interesting Facts About Marie Curie
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first ever person to win the Nobel Prize twice, the first woman to become a Professor in the University of Paris and the first to be entombed on her own merits in the Pantheon in Paris. Marie Curie was one of the most accomplished and towering scientific intellects this planet has ever seen. The Polish Physicist conducted pioneering research into radioactivity and coined the word “radioactivity” to describe the phenomena. It was not easy for a woman in the Victorian era to achieve such feat, but Marie did it. On 7
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In much of the US it is illegal to buy a new car…
In much of the US it is illegal to buy a new car from the manufacturer. You are required by law to go through the middleman of a car dealer, so they can tac on an extra ~30℅. 00
During the Austro-Prussian War, Liechtenstein…
During the Austro-Prussian War, Liechtenstein had an army of 80 men. During the conflict no men were injured or killed and they returned home with 81 men because they’d made an Italian friend along the way. The army was then disbanded and Liechtenstein hasn’t had a military since. 00
At the Starbucks located inside of the Central Intelligence…
At the Starbucks located inside of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia, customer names cannot be called out or written on cups due to security concerns. 00
Hitler’s deputy Rudolph Hess spent the last 20 years…
Hitler’s deputy Rudolph Hess spent the last 20 years of his life as the sole prisoner in a jail designed to hold 600 inmates. After Hess finally died in 1987 at a very old age, the British Military authorities had the prison torn down so it would not become any type of shrine to Fascism. […]
In 2004, to study the declining insect population…
In 2004, to study the declining insect population, almost 40,000 UK drivers affixed a “splatometer” to the front of their cars. The results found one squashed insect per 5 miles driven, contrasting with summers of 30 years ago when windshields would quickly become encrusted with tiny bodies. 00
There is an underground town in the Australian outbac…
There is an underground town in the Australian outback called Coober Pedy. Half of its population live below ground to escape the area’s hellish temperatures. 00