In a German village called Fuggerei the rent hasn’t been raised since 1520, it costs only 88 cents to live there for an entire year.
285,000 companies including Apple, Coca-Cola, GE, Google, and Walmart…
285,000 companies including Apple, Coca-Cola, GE, Google, and Walmart are officially headquartered at 1209 North Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware due to the state’s low corporate tax rates.
Some chimpanzees and monkeys have…
Some chimpanzees and monkeys have entered the stone age.
McDonalds own employee health benefits page warned…
McDonald’s own employee health benefits page warned employees to avoid burgers and fries out of health concerns.
Marjoe Gortner made headlines in the late 1940s when, at the age….
Marjoe Gortner made headlines in the late 1940s when, at the age of 3½, he became an evangelist preacher. And in 1949, at the age of 4, he performed his first marriage ceremony, marrying Raymond Miller and Alma Brown.
Some ducks have been observed floating through tidal rapids…
Some ducks have been observed floating through tidal rapids or fast-moving sections of rivers, and when they’ve reached the end, they hurry back to the beginning to ride over and over.
The most dangerous job in America is President. Over 9% have…
The most dangerous job in America is President. Over 9% have been killed in office. The next highest on-the-job death rate is loggers, at 0.13%.
An Ohio judge sentenced a woman to sit in the smelliest…
An Ohio judge sentenced a woman to sit in the smelliest area of a garbage dump for 8 hours, for animal abuse. “If you puke, you puke.”
In 1965 a machine was patented to deliver a baby using centrifugal…
In 1965 a machine was patented to deliver a baby using centrifugal force. The machine would spin you until the baby came out, and it would be caught in a net.
To show how Classical Chinese had become an impractical…
To show how Classical Chinese had become an impractical language, linguist Chao Yuen Ren wrote a 92-character poem in which every syllable has the sound “shi”. The poem “Shī Shì shí shī shǐ” translates to “Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den”.