In 1966, during his second stint in jail, Charles Manson refused release and requested to stay in prison. He’d spent half of his 32 years behind bars, and saw it as his home. Authorities refused and released him. He quickly formed the family.
It took Ray Bradbury 9 days…
It took Ray Bradbury 9 days to write his novella, The Firemen, in the basement of a UCLA library on a typewriter rented for 10¢/30 minutes. After being urged by his publisher, he returned to the basement, got to work, and expanded his novella into Fahrenheit 451, which also took 9 days to write.
According to a study…
According to a study, children that have been exposed to family violence show much of the same brain activity as soldiers that have been in combat.
People used to make clothes…
People used to make clothes from asbestos. These garments were fireproof and people cleaned them by burning off the stains.
Okinawa has some of the longest…
Okinawa has some of the longest living people on earth, and it has the highest rate of people over a hundred in the world. Two thirds of them are still living independently at the age of 97. Okinawans have also been found to have low rates of heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes. According to […]
Honeybees can be trained to…
Honeybees can be trained to locate landmines due to their acute sense of smell. Croatian scientists mixed a sugar solution with a small amount of TNT — and after about five minutes of hunting for this doped sugar solution, the honeybees are trained to flock to the smell of TNT.
Viking girls got hitched…
Viking girls got hitched as young as 12 and had to mind the household while their husbands sailed off on adventures. Still, they had more freedom than other women of their era. Viking women could inherit property, request a divorce and reclaim their dowries if their marriages ended.
In 1994 in Zimbabwe over 60 school…
In 1994 in Zimbabwe over 60 school children saw a disc shaped craft descend on the school grounds with beings coming out of it. The kids who are now adults still claim it’s not a hoax. Similar thing happened in Melbourne Australia in 1966.
Drinking soda could be linked…
Drinking soda could be linked to a higher risk of cancer, judging from a new study. But here’s the more surprising part: so could fruit juices.
Miami is the only major American…
Miami is the only major American city that was founded by a woman. Julia Tuttle, a woman from Cleveland, purchased 640 acres in present-day downtown Miami to start a new chapter in her life after her husband died.