Rationing in the United Kingdom during WWII actually increased life expectancy in the country, and decreased infant mortality. This was because all people were required to consume a varied diet. The only negative results being the increased time needed for meals to consume the necessary calories from bread and potatoes, and what they described as […]
A Texas school district is so small that one person “has been…
A Texas school district is so small that one person “has been the superintendent, the principal, the third-to-sixth-grade teacher, the ESL instructor, the special-ed teacher, the repairman, the contractor”. Divine, Texas (about 20 students)’s school bus is a used white limousine. 00
Bumblebees are capable of flying at altitudes higher…
Bumblebees are capable of flying at altitudes higher than Mt. Everest. Two bees were able to fly at simulated altitudes of 29,525 feet inside a plexiglass chamber. The plexiglass kept breaking before the bees stopped flying. 00
Niihau, the 7th largest island of Hawaii is completely privately…
Niihau, the 7th largest island of Hawaii is completely privately owned by one family who seeks to maintain it as it was purchased in 1864 for $10,000 in gold, including the native population. 00
All astronauts have to learn how to speak…
All astronauts have to learn how to speak Russian, and all cosmonauts have to learn how to speak English. 00
Until the late 1960s, men with long hair were prohibited…
Until the late 1960s, men with long hair were prohibited from entering Disneyland because it did not meet the standards of Disney’s unwritten dress code. Employees were also prohibited from having any facial hair because visitors would associate it with un-American activities. 00
People with poor mathematical skills aren’t necessarily…
People with poor mathematical skills aren’t necessarily bad at math because they are ‘ungifted’. There is a phenomena called ‘Math Anxiety’ that makes people perform worse, which sometimes leads to math avoidance, which leads to lesser knowledge and consequently more Math anxiety. 00
In Japan, rōnin (the term for a masterless…
In Japan, rōnin (the term for a masterless samurai) also nowadays refers to someone who is unemployed. 00
A NY woman was startled to hear a loud crash…
A NY woman was startled to hear a loud crash in her apartment kitchen followed by the sounds of someone breathing inside her wall. The man inside had climbed into an air vent before falling six stories and getting stuck. He said it was part of the initiation for being new to the building. 00
A few weeks before Abraham Lincoln was elected…
A few weeks before Abraham Lincoln was elected president, 11 year old Grace Bedell sent Lincoln a letter encouraging him to grow a beard, writing, “All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you…” By the time of his inauguration, Lincoln had a full beard. 00