Irene Bergman is the oldest woman on Wall Street at 100 years old she’s still managing money for clients.
In China, if you hit someone with your car you pay…
In China, if you hit someone with your car you pay for their medical care. Killing someone, however, is a one time fine. For that reason, people have gone back to kill someone they accidentally hit.
In 1975 a county clerk in Colorado issued a same-sex marriage…
In 1975 a county clerk in Colorado issued a same-sex marriage license, finding no law that forbade it. When a man came to her office to marry his horse in protest, she determined the 8-year-old horse was too young to get married without parental consent and refused the license.
British researchers found a 60-year-old woman who has been unable…
British researchers found a 60-year-old woman who has been unable to recognize voices, not even her own daughter’s. Unless she sees the face of the person speaking, she has no idea who is talking to her. After university research, she was found to recognize only one voice-that of Sean Connery.
Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s, realized his success as a high…
Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s, realized his success as a high school dropout might convince teenagers to quit school – so in 1993 he went back to school and got his GED.
There is a disease that takes away your ability to sleep…
There is a disease that takes away your ability to sleep. You sink into horrible psychosis and inevitably die over the course of a few months. There is no cure; there are no viable treatments.
Due to human interaction, domestic sheep have evolved…
Due to human interaction, domestic sheep have evolved to require humans to shear them. Their wool never sheds.
One show during Guns N Roses “Use Your Illusion Tour” was delayed…
One show during Guns N Roses “Use Your Illusion Tour” was delayed because frontman Axl Rose was watching the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze and refused to take the stage until it had finished.
A Chinese man bought and raised two puppies, cared…
A Chinese man bought and raised two puppies, cared for them despite their frequent killing and eating of chickens, and then discovered they were bears.
The most ancient evidence of human tattooing is found on a mummified…
The most ancient evidence of human tattooing is found on a mummified 5,300-year-old Neolithic Iceman who has a total of 61 tattoos of lines and patterns, interestingly most of which overlap with classical acupuncture points used to treat rheumatism, a medical condition that plagued him.