The 1937 Best Supporting Actress Oscar went to Alice Brady for her role in In Old Chicago, but she couldn’t attend the ceremony, so a man walked up and accepted the award on her behalf. After the show, he and the Oscar were never seen again.
Residents of the US, particularly those living near the Mexican…
Residents of the US, particularly those living near the Mexican border, now routinely cross the border into Mexico for medical care. Mexican dentists often charge 20 to 25 percent of U.S. prices, while other procedures typically cost a third what they would cost in the US.
The domain “MartinLutherKing.org” is owned…
The domain “MartinLutherKing.org” is owned by the white supremacist group Stormfront.
Hiroshima is one of the only places outside of the United…
Hiroshima is one of the only places outside of the United States to observe Martin Luther King Day because he wrote a letter to Japan weeks before his death, requesting to visit the county and spread his message of peace.
Tea was so important for morale in the British…
Tea was so important for morale in the British army that in 1942 the UK bought the entire world’s crop of tea.
YouTube has a production space in Los Angeles…
YouTube has a production space in Los Angeles that is free to use if you have 10,000 subscribers.
Most languages have a bias against left-handed people…
Most languages have a bias against left-handed people. Left is derived from ‘lyft’, meaning weak. In Dutch, ‘Link’ means cunning. In German, ‘link’ means questionable. In Mandarin, it’s zuô, meaning improper, and in Turkish the word for left is sol, which can mean both ‘die’ and ‘ill’.
The flag of Nepal is so complicated that there…
The flag of Nepal is so complicated that there is a 24-step instruction how to draw it in the constitution of Nepal.
The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 at a price of US$666.66…
The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 at a price of US$666.66, because Wozniak “liked repeating digits” and because of a one-third markup on the $500 wholesale price. Wozniak, who called himself “atheist or agnostic”, stated that he was unaware of any Satanic connotations with the number.
We hear songs that get stuck in our head while…
We hear songs that get stuck in our head while performing tasks that require a “low cognitive load”, such as showering or getting dressed. Our brain uses these songs as a “screen saver” to keep us entertained while our brain is essentially idle.