“SLAM” was a cancelled nuclear ramjet missile that could carry up to 16 thermonuclear warheads, travel for months nonstop, spew radiation wherever it went, and flew at tree top levels, killing anyone it would fly over. The ramjet was powered by an on-board nuclear reactor instead of rocket fuel which is why it could fly […]
Modern Peanut Butter was invented…
Modern Peanut Butter was invented as a source of protein for people with no teeth.
The first known Easter egg in a video game was a secret…
The first known Easter egg in a video game was a secret room in Atari Adventure (1979) that credited the game’s developer, Warren Robinett. Atari did not allow their developers to be credited at the time so Robinett added the feature, told no one, and quit before anything could be done about it.
The Anita Krajnc case could result in her spending…
The Anita Krajnc case could result in her spending ten years in prison for giving water to thirsty pigs on their way to slaughter.
Your nose is always visible to you. Your mind ignores…
Your nose is always visible to you. Your mind ignores it through a process called Unconscious Selective Attention. Virtual reality developers figured out that adding a simulated nose in VR reduces nausea, because your brain expects it to be there even if you don’t consciously notice it.
Mark Zuckerberg ate meat only from the animals…
Mark Zuckerberg ate meat only from the animals he killed, as a personal challenge to himself for 2011
Tree roots from different trees can physically…
Tree roots from different trees can physically fuse together; “like connecting [the] blood vessels of two different people. One tree gives the other tree a permanent transfusion.”
Villagers in the India village of Marottichal began playing…
Villagers in the India village of Marottichal began playing chess as an alternative to drinking after a ban on alcohol.The village is now known as ‘Chess Village’ due to its near 100% chess literacy.
There was a magician by the name Jasper Maskelyne…
There was a magician by the name Jasper Maskelyne who used “magic” to help against the nazis in WWII. He would hide tools and maps in everyday objects and fool the Nazis by using illusions.
After most of the men of fighting age were killed…
After most of the men of fighting age were killed, the CIA used child soldiers in a secret war in Laos.