In 2001 an Australian Blue Heeler saved his elderly owner from an alligator attack in the dark. The woman had fallen in her yard at night. She heard the gator coming towards her before the dog ambushed it, fighting the reptile until it fled in defeat.
There is a hotel that sits right on the border of…
There is a hotel that sits right on the border of Switzerland and France. A set of stairs started in France and ended in Switzerland upstairs. The upper rooms were thus ideal as a hideout for French Resistance members during WWII as the Nazis weren’t allowed to cross into the Swiss side.
The largest “air force” in the world is the US Air Force…
The largest “air force” in the world is the US Air Force and the second largest air force in the world is the US Navy.
Teddy Roosevelt suffered a detached retina in 1908 after…
Teddy Roosevelt suffered a detached retina in 1908 after becoming blind in one eye due to a boxing injury in the White House. He later switched to jiu-jitsu and became a black belt.
The fastest that humans have ever…
The fastest that humans have ever traveled on land is 760MPH (ThrustSSC), 317.59 mph on water. In the air, 4520MPH (X-15 Jet). And in space, 24,791MPH (Apollo 10 upon re-entry).
President Carter once told a joke during a speech…
President Carter once told a joke during a speech to a Japanese audience which caused the audience to erupt in laughter. Impressed, he asked how the interpreter managed to get such a laugh. The interpreter admitted that he had said, “President Carter told a funny story. Everyone must laugh”.
The inventor of Vaseline was such a firm believer in its medicinal…
The inventor of Vaseline was such a firm believer in its medicinal properties that he claimed to have eaten a spoonful of it a day; During a bout of pleurisy in his 50s, he ordered his nurse to cover him from head to toe in the substance, and soon recovered. He lived to be 94.
An airplane crashed into the Empire State Building…
An airplane crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945. Among other damage, plane parts severed the cables for an elevator and the woman inside fell over 70 stories. She lived and holds the world record for the longest survived elevator fall.
A store refused to decorate a 3 yr old child’s cake with “Happy…
A store refused to decorate a 3 yr old child’s cake with “Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler!” The public attention from his father’s outrage at this refusal expedited his removal from the home. The father no longer has custody of any of his 9 children due to “instability” and lack of court compliance.
An invasion of Canada that would have likely handed…
An invasion of Canada that would have likely handed control of the Niagara peninsula to the USA was thwarted when one woman overheard the plans, walked 20 miles through wilderness, and warned a British Lieutenant. The invading Americans were ambushed and promptly surrendered.