A registry system in post-war England allowed clowns to copyright their makeup designs against imitators by painting them onto eggs.
There is a 90 year old nurse working at Tacoma…
There is a 90 year old nurse working at Tacoma General Hospital who started her first nursing job 70 years ago in 1946.
An astronomical clock was found in an ancient shipwreck…
An astronomical clock was found in an ancient shipwreck. The clock has no earlier examples and its sophistication would not be duplicated for over 1000 years.
When Julius Caesar died, he left today’s equivalent…
When Julius Caesar died, he left today’s equivalent of about $270 to each and every Roman citizen.
When North Korea sank a South Korean Warship in 2010, South Korea…
When North Korea sank a South Korean Warship in 2010, South Korea responded by blasting the hit K-Pop song “Hit your heart” across the border using large military loud speakers.
A man convicted to 21,250 years in prison…
A man convicted to 21,250 years in prison won an appeal – his sentence was reduced by 500 years.
45 percent of couples in Hong Kong say they have given…
45 percent of couples in Hong Kong say they have given up on the idea of having children because of crowding and high housing costs. In another survey 38% of men and 31% of women simply said they didn’t like kids.
Lorillard Tobacco Company used to hand out Newport…
Lorillard Tobacco Company used to hand out Newport cigarettes to black children in playgrounds.
Northern Paper Company offered the first…
Northern Paper Company offered the first splinter-free toilet paper in the early 1930s.
Indiana construction worker Jason Haney hid a giant ‘Where’s Wa…
Indiana construction worker Jason Haney hid a giant ‘Where’s Waldo?’ cutout all over his work site for the children in a nearby hospital to find. Once he received word that they’d found him, he moved Waldo to another location so they could start looking for him again.