For a science fair experiment in 1969, a 14 year old scientist used genes to change chicken feathers from white to partially black, which his teacher said was playing God.
Fish do not have a 3 second memory – They can be taught to evade a trap…
Fish do not have a 3 second memory – They can be taught to evade a trap and will remember how to do so a year later.
A 1650-year-old bottle of wine found in Germany has been called…
A 1650-year-old bottle of wine found in Germany has been called the world’s “oldest existing bottle of wine”.
A embalming fluid in the sarcophagus of King Tabnit kept him unusually well-preserved…
An embalming fluid in the sarcophagus of King Tabnit kept him unusually well-preserved for over two millennia, but its secret was lost when workmen poured it out.
The world’s most expensive pizza listed by Guinness World Records is…
The world’s most expensive pizza listed by Guinness World Records is a seafood pizza that costs CA$450.
Luftwaffe fighter pilot Karl-Gottfried Nordmann later became…
Luftwaffe fighter pilot Karl-Gottfried Nordmann later became president of Mercedes-Benz in North America.
In 2006, it took Akira Haraguchi, a retired Japanese engineer, 16 hours to recite…
In 2006, it took Akira Haraguchi, a retired Japanese engineer, 16 hours to recite the first 100,000 digits of pi from memory only. To prove that the exercise was legitimate, everything was filmed, even his trips to the toilet. Despite this, he has yet to receive a Guinness World Record.
The day after Robin Williams’s suicide, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline…
The day after Robin Williams’s suicide, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline fielded the greatest number of calls in its history.
If Louisiana was its own country, it would have the highest incarceration…
If Louisiana was its own country, it would have the highest incarceration rate in the world.
Gold miners in Peru are clear-cutting forests, washing down the soil with high…
Gold miners in Peru are clear-cutting forests, washing down the soil with high pressure hoses and putting mercury on the slurry to mine gold, ruining everything they touch.