A teenage cheerleader’s mom tried to hire a hitman to kill her daughter’s cheerleading rival’s mother. She thought if her mom was killed, she would be too sad to cheerlead. The man she “hired” was working for the cops.
The first sunglasses date back…
The first sunglasses date back to the prehistoric Inuits, who wore a piece of flattened ivory over their eyes (made from walrus bones) with narrow slits to look through that blocked harmful rays of the sun reflecting off the ice.
There is 1 recorded incident of…
There is one recorded incident of a fish colliding with a plane. In 1987, a 737 which was taking off from Juneau, AK crossed paths with an eagle, which subsequently dropped its salmon onto the plane.
Project 100000 was a recruitment effort…
Project 100000 was a recruitment effort during Vietnam that brought in mentally and physically unfit people for service to fill the ranks. Many brought in had a 5th grade level education and were considered mentally challenged.
There are microorganisms living…
There are microorganisms living on the seafloor that reproduce only once every 10,000 years and have been alive for millions. These are likely the oldest living things on Earth.
700,000 year old stone tools were…
700,000 year old stone tools were found in the Philippines despite the fact that known humans didn’t arrive until 600,000 years later. Researches aren’t sure how humans got there or what early hominid could have even made them.
8 Great Facts That Will Send Your Brain Into Overdrive!
Attention! Attention! You will engage in some brain power exercises starting RIGHT NOW.
You’ve been a little lazy lately (haven’t we all?) and it’s time to kick that brain into overdrive!
3…2….1…GO!
1. I did not know that
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2. Disgusting!
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3. A wonderful idea
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4. Survivors
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5. Thank God
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6. Dum Dums
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7. Man of culture
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8. Wow
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Brain power!
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Mavis Grind
Mavis Grind in Shetland is the only place in Britain where you can toss a stone across land from the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.
An animal shelter in Maricopa County…
An animal shelter in Maricopa County, Arizona, has a program where you can spend your 4th of July comforting the animals and keeping them calm during the loud fireworks.
Women named Virginia are disproportionately…
Women named Virginia are disproportionately likely to move to Virginia in their adulthood. The same logic applies to women named Georgia and to those whose surnames begin with “Cal” (California) and “Tex” (Texas).