A recent study showed 25% of US drivers making a turn failed to use signals correctly. 48% of US lane changers failed to use signals. Such failures are responsible for up to 2M preventable accidents a year.
Director Stanley Kubrick, known for his endless takes and long production schedules…
Director Stanley Kubrick, known for his endless takes and long production schedules, was obsessed for months over the proper response to a fan letter from the great director Akira Kurosawa. Following many unsent drafts over several months, Kurosawa died before Kubrick could reply.
Jesse Jackson, Jr. and his wife were sentenced to jail for using $750,000…
Jesse Jackson, Jr. and his wife were sentenced to jail for using $750,000 in campaign money for over 3000 personal purchases that included a Michael Jackson fedora and cashmere capes.
A 14 year old girl in the UK was accused of racism by her teacher, and was arrested…
A 14 year old girl in the UK was accused of racism by her teacher, and was arrested. She was participating in a group project and her group consisted of several Asian students of whom only one spoke English. She simply wanted to be in a group that spoke English.
The feeling we get when we see something so cuddly that we want to squeeze…
The feeling we get when we see something so cuddly that we want to squeeze it actually has a name. It’s called “cute aggression”.
The “women are wonderful” effect is a phenomenon found in psychological research…
The “women are wonderful” effect is a phenomenon found in psychological research in which people associate more positive attributes with women as compared to men. This effect reflects an emotional bias toward women as a general case. Women’s in-group biases are 4 times stronger than men’s.
NASA scientists have described Lake Untersee in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica…
NASA scientists have described Lake Untersee in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, as one of the most unusual lakes on Earth with a pH like that of strong Clorox.
When Queen wanted to release “Bohemian Rhapsody”, various executives told them that a song…
When Queen wanted to release “Bohemian Rhapsody”, various executives told them that a song with a length of 5 minutes and 55 seconds was too long and would never be a hit. They even played it to other musicians who claimed that the song had “no hope” of being played on the radio.
A Japanese interpreter once translated a joke that Jimmy Carter delivered…
A Japanese interpreter once translated a joke that Jimmy Carter delivered during a lecture as: “President Carter told a funny story. Everyone must laugh.”
A sailor who wishes to grow a beard in the Royal Navy has to submit a ‘permission…
A sailor who wishes to grow a beard in the Royal Navy has to submit a ‘permission to stop shaving’ form. He is then allowed two weeks to ‘grow a full set’ before he presents himself to the Master at Arms who will decide if his beard looks stupid or is respectably full enough to be permitted.