In 2007, a group of college students drove the speed limit (55MPH) on I-285 and backed up traffic for miles.
The Italian government is offering all 18 year olds…
The Italian government is offering all 18 year olds a €500 ‘culture bonus,’ which can be spent on books, concert tickets, theatre tickets, cinema tickets, museum visits and even trips to the country’s national parks.
A team sets up a polling booth in an isolated forest…
A team sets up a polling booth in an isolated forest in India each election so that a lone priest who lives there can vote, because the Election Commission mandates that no voter should “ordinarily travel more than 2km to reach the booth.”
A Florida man was stranded on a sandbar with sharks…
A Florida man was stranded on a sandbar with sharks circling around him. He kept them at bay with a fishing pole for an hour and a half, after which he remembered he had a cell phone and called for help.
The city of Vernon, Florida has been nicknamed…
The city of Vernon, Florida has been nicknamed “nub city” because so many residents have intentionally amputated limbs, disguising the injury as an accident, as a means of insurance fraud. One man had 25+ open insurance policies and collected over $1,000,000 after amputating his left foot.
The loudest known noise was created by a volcano…
The loudest known noise was created by a volcano which created sound waves that altered air pressure on earth for 5 days and ruptured the ear drums of sailors 40 miles away from the blast.
Mean World Syndrome is a phenomenon whereby…
Mean World Syndrome is a phenomenon whereby violence-related content of mass media makes viewers believe that the world is more dangerous than it actually is.
Liquor sales in Alaska aren’t allowed…
Liquor sales in Alaska aren’t allowed on Election Day until the polls close.
Disney makes twice as much money…
Disney makes twice as much money from their theme parks than what they make from their actual movies.
People who read books for at least…
People who read books for at least 30 minutes a day live longer than those who don’t read at all.