The “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” that swept the Internet in 2014 raised $115 million, of which 67% went to research, 20% to patient and community services, and 9% to public and professional education. In addition, the ALS Association has since tripled its annual budget for research. And the guy who started it is broke and […]
Ecosia search engine turns the revenue into lush…
Ecosia search engine turns the revenue into lush greenery all over the world. The company uses its income from the ads to plant trees all over the world. On average, it takes around 45 searches to plant a tree. 00
Instead of using refrigerated trucks to deliver medical supplies to people…
Instead of using refrigerated trucks to deliver medical supplies to people who live in the deserts of Africa, inventors have built solar-powered refrigerators that can be carried by camels, and so the medicines are delivered via refrigerated camel. Apparently it wasn’t that easy to build a camel-carried refrigerator. It had to be lightweight, but also […]
President Harry S. Truman’s administration purposely…
President Harry S. Truman’s administration purposely infected the people of Guatemala with syphilis after WW2. 00
The keys to the holiest site in Christianity are kept…
The keys to the holiest site in Christianity are kept by a Muslim family that opens the church every morning. Meant to keep the peace between the denominations this arrangement has been in place since 1187 ce. 00
Derreck Kayongo collected barely-used bars of soap from hotels…
Derreck Kayongo collected barely-used bars of soap from hotels, melted them together, and distributed them to poor countries. He’s the founder of the Global Soap Project, which improves access to basic sanitation and reduces disease and child mortality. 00
USPS Mail Delivery Vehicles are 25-30 years…
USPS Mail Delivery Vehicles are 25-30 years old and use engines designed in the 1970’s that get 10 MPG. 00
Andrew Jackson was the first sitting president to almost…
Andrew Jackson was the first sitting president to almost be assassinated. After the first pistol failed to be discharged a second pistol was pulled, that one too misfired. The likelihood of both pistols misfiring was 120,000 to 1. 00
A Texas man barricaded himself in his home after biting a police…
A Texas man barricaded himself in his home after biting a police officer during a traffic stop, and refused to come out for more than a decade. 00
Mark Twain had a near fatal heart attack in…
Mark Twain had a near fatal heart attack in 1898 after watching a belly dancer’s routine. 00