“Roasted Nuts” was the paper headline for when a mental hospital caught on fire.
A German art student illuminated and bound the entire Silmarillion…
A German art student illuminated and bound the entire Silmarillion by hand like a 21st-century monastic scribe as his final project.
Researchers who measured the slipperiness of banana peels, the ability…
Researchers who measured the slipperiness of banana peels, the ability of pork strips to stop nosebleeds, and the reactions of reindeer to humans in polar bear suits were among the winners of 2014 Ig Nobel prizes.
Australia’s first police force was made up of the…
Australia’s first police force was made up of the most well-behaved convicts.
A man who attempted to commit suicide changed his mind at the last minute resulting…
A man who attempted to commit suicide changed his mind at the last minute resulting in a chain reaction train wreck killing 11. He was later sentenced to 11 consecutive life sentences.
Preventing an abort of the Apollo 11 mission has been attributed to the work….
Preventing an abort of the Apollo 11 mission has been attributed to the work of Margaret Hamilton, the lead flight software designer for Project Apollo. She was 31 when the lunar module landed on the moon, running her code, and is credited for coining the term “software engineering.”
If the Hoover Dam’s 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete was….
If the Hoover Dam’s 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete was poured all at once, it would have taken 125 years to cool.
After being ordered by court to pay $3.6M in fines, Peter…
After being ordered by court to pay $3.6M in fines, Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi (The Pirate Bay Co-Founder) wrote them an ‘IOU’.
A RAF pilot accidentally took off with a woman sitting on the tail of the aircraft…
A RAF pilot accidentally took off with a woman sitting on the tail of the aircraft. After a brief flight, the aircraft, pilot and “passenger’ landed safely.
In 2008 in New Jersey, more than 30 officers, including SWAT team members, were engaged…
In 2008 in New Jersey, more than 30 officers, including SWAT team members, were engaged in a standoff with a non-responsive supposed bank robber for over an hour before realizing ‘she’ was a cardboard cut-out.