In 1980 the Sioux Nation tribe won their case claiming the Black Hills of South Dakota were wrongfully taken and required compensation. The tribe refused the $106 million award and continues to do so even though the award with interest is now $1.2 billion.
Dr. Soren Sorensen developed the pH scale…
Dr. Soren Sorensen developed the pH scale in order to test the acidity of beer to ultimately make better beer.
A Chinese family refused to sell their house to…
A Chinese family refused to sell their house to the government to build a highway, so the government road was built right up to their walls.
A robot recently performed the world’s first autonomous…
A robot recently performed the world’s first autonomous soft-tissue surgery without any assistance from doctors, and did so while outperforming human doctors by every metric except for speed.
In 1887, a mathematician received a prize for his…
In 1887, a mathematician received a prize for his work on the stability of the solar system. A year later, after finding an error in his own work, he published a paper contradicting it, which led to the development of chaos theory.
A guy in northern Bosnia had 5 meteorites hit his house….
A guy in northern Bosnia had 5 meteorites hit his house in a year. So statistically unlikely that he claimed aliens were targeting his house. Scientists are now studying the area for magnetic anomaly.
A parrot named Echo was put into witness…
A parrot named Echo was put into witness protection after testifying against its owner leading to their arrest.
Children’s books have 50% more rare words…
Children’s books have 50% more rare words in them than does an average showing of adult prime-time television.
U.S. President Thomas Jefferson was also: a lawyer…
U.S. President Thomas Jefferson was also: a lawyer, an architect, president of the American Philosophical Society, a speaker of 5 languages, founder of the Univ. of VA., inventor of the swivel chair, and author to what is considered the most important American book published before 1800.
The Soviets and the UK invaded Iran during…
The Soviets and the UK invaded Iran during World War II in order to prevent their oil reserves from falling into Nazi hands.