In Japan, you are equally likely to die from being struck by lightning as you are from being shot by a gun.
An Australian news anchor wore the same suit every…
An Australian news anchor wore the same suit every day for a year to illustrate the fashion double standard for men and women. No one noticed.
There are people who believe our birth certificates…
There are people who believe our birth certificates are actually bonds for money deposited in our names at birth, and these bonds are traded like stocks on the NYSE.
A 14-year-old faced Assault and Battery charges for attacking a teacher…
A 14-year-old faced Assault and Battery charges for attacking a teacher with a ‘weapon’. The ‘weapon’ ended up being a baby carrot that she allegedly threw at the teacher.
The first streaming music service started in 1897…
The first streaming music service started in 1897. Users in New York could pick up their phones and connect to the Telharmonium, a central hub that would pipe music being played live by two musicians playing 24 hours a day.
In 1982 the University of Pittsburgh rugby team was caught…
In 1982 the University of Pittsburgh rugby team was caught using human heads stolen from the schools anatomy lab to warm up before a game.
The U.S. military originally planned to provide personnel…
The U.S. military originally planned to provide personnel, vehicles, and costumes for the film ‘Independence Day’, but backed out after producers refused to remove the script’s Area 51 references.
While bored during his work with the Manhattan Project Richard…
While bored during his work with the Manhattan Project Richard Feynman would amuse himself by picking the locks of his colleagues confidential file cabinets and placing prank notes, his colleagues believed a spy had infiltrated the project.
In 1946 Kodak customers complained about film developing cloudy…
In 1946 Kodak customers complained about film developing cloudy. Kodak investigated & found the corn husks used for packing was radioactive. They discovered something that was not public knowledge; the packaging was exposed to fallout from the world’s first nuclear bomb explosion.
Two babies were switched at birth, one family was rich and the…
Two babies were switched at birth, one family was rich and the other poor, the rich couple’s biological baby became a truck driver and the poor couple’s biological baby became a CEO of a company