Studies in ‘ice cores’ found in Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania – the mountain which supplies the Nile with its water – have revealed that a drought did take place around 3600 years ago – around the time the Bible sets Joseph’s story in Egypt.
A university in the Netherlands…
A university in the Netherlands offers “Purification Grave” services, where you can lie in a grave for a while to reflect upon life.
A man in China sold his kidney….
In 2011, a man in China sold his kidney to buy a iPhone 4 and iPad 2 when he was 17. Now he is bedridden for life.
During the Cold War a…
During the Cold War a ‘Three world’ model arose to describe nations either aligned with NATO (first world), the Eastern Bloc (second world) or the ‘Third World’. Rather than economic this was a political grouping loosely describing ‘unaligned’ nations in the ‘developing world’.
Anoka, Minnesota was the first….
Anoka, Minnesota was the first U.S. city to put on a Halloween celebration when they did so in 1920 to divert youngsters from Halloween pranks. It was also proclaimed “The Halloween Capital of the World” by Congress in 1937. Today, tens of thousands of people visits Anoka annually for Halloween.
South Korea formed a covert military…
South Korea formed a covert military unit in 1968 with the intention of assassinating North Korea’s leader. Unemployed youths or petty criminals were recruited and trained on an uninhabited island for 3 years. The existence of the unit was covered up until the 1990s.
The youngest ever powerball winner…
The youngest ever powerball winner was a 19-year-old from South Carolina who won a $35.3 million jackpot after he heard a voice and “the winning numbers in his head”.
Only one commercial entity in America…
Only one commercial entity in America can import Coco Leaves with approval from the DEA, The Stepan Company, after extracting the Cocaine, the leaves are then shipped to Coca Cola to be used as an ingredient in the secret recipe thus making an imitation recipe near impossible.
An elevator with 6 people …
An elevator with 6 people fell 84 floors in a Chicago skyscraper in 2018. All survived.
A passenger was turned away from…
A passenger was turned away from two flights because he was wearing 10 layers of clothing to avoid extra luggage fees.